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International Day for Abolition of Slavery – 02 December
December 4 , 2018
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- The International Day for Abolition of Slavery will be marked on December 2 every year.
- It aims to end slavery which includes sexual exploitation, forced marriage, trafficking of persons and recruitment of child labour.
- This year the day marks the 32nd anti-slavery day.
- The day marks the 1949 adoption of the UN Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others.
- This day was first celebrated by the United Nations General Assembly on 2 December, 1986.
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