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ILO Convention No. 29 concerning Forced Labor, entered into force 1 May 1932.

ILO Convention No. 105 concerning the Abolition of Forced Labor, entered into force 17 January 1959.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, G.A. res. 34/180, entered into force  3 September 1981.

Report of the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, World Conference, Nairobi, 15-26 July 1985, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.116/28/Rev.1 (85.IV.10), (1986).

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Recommendation 19, Violence against women, (Eleventh session, 1992), U.N. Doc. HRI\GEN\1\Rev.1 at 84 (1994).

Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, 14-25 June 1993, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.157/24 (Part I) at 20 (1993).

Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, G.A. res. 48/104, 1993.

Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 15 September 1995, A/CONF. 177/20 (1995) and A/CONF. 177/20/Add. 1.

Report on the mission of the Special Rapporteur to Poland on the issue of trafficking and forced prostitution of women, E/CN.4/1997/47/Add.1, submitted to the Commission on Human Rights, 10 December 1996.