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Debt bondage, also known as debt slavery, bonded labour, or peonage, is the pledge of a person's services as security for the repayment for a debt or other obligation.
Bonded labour has existed for hundreds of years. After the Transatlantic slave trade was abolished in the 1800s, many formerly enslaved people were forced into indentured labour – a form of debt bondage – for many years on plantations in Africa, the Caribbean and South-East Asia.
Bonded labor, also known as debt bondage and peonage, happens when people give themselves into slavery as security against a loan or when they inherit a debt from a relative.
GENEVA (15 September 2016) – Debt bondage remains one of the most prevalent forms of modern slavery in all regions of the world despite being banned in international law and most domestic jurisdictions, today warned the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Urmila Bhoola.
Debt bondage, also known as bonded labor, is a means by which traffickers exploit people and trap them in human trafficking. As payment for debt, traffickers offer individuals the ability to work to pay off the debt.
Debt Bondage consists of two parts: indebtedness and forced labour. Debt bondage can be called debt slavery, debt servitude, debt peonage or bonded labour. Due to the hidden nature of human trafficking and slavery, the extent of modern-day slavery can only be estimated.
The analysis show how complex an issue modern slavery is and how multi-layered response is needed from the international community, but the recommendations for action represent a clear and comprehensive framework to eradicate debt bondage and protect those affected.
