FRANCAISAnti-Slavery International - History
1920-1939
-1926-1939, Switzerland: the Society backs the International Slavery Convention of 1926. Between 1933 and 1939, it takes part in the permanent Advisory Committee of Experts on Slavery charged with monitoring the effective application of the Convention. In this framework, the Society exposes de facto slavery in Liberia.
-1930-1931, Switzerland: the Society supports the International Labour Organisation Convention n°29 which bans forced labour. The following year, it also participates with Save the Children to an international conference in Geneva, which deals with child trafficking in Africa.
-1939-1945, United Kingdom: the Second World War leads to a significant decrease in the activities of the Anti-Slavery Society in the various colonies around the world.
