observer.gm - Adopted to outlaw and punish those engaged in slavery and having recourse to compulsory or forced labour, the Slavery Convention entered into force on the 9th March 1927 in Geneva, Switzerland, was on Wednesday ratified by The Gambia It recognised the necessity at the time, to prevent forced labour from developing into conditions analogous to slavery and to secure the complete suppression of slavery in all its forms and the slave trade by land and sea. Presenting the convention for...» view full story