SUPPRESSION OF WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC
- Agreement and procès-verbal of signature signed at Paris May 18, 1904
- Ratifications deposited at Paris January 18, 1905[1]
- Senate advice and consent to adherence March 1, 1905[2]
- Adherence declared by the President of the United States June 6, 1908
- Entered into force July 18, 1905; for the United States June 6, 1908
- Proclaimed by the President of the United States June 15, 1908
- Amended by protocol of May 4, 1949[3]
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Agreement
His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, in the name of the German Empire; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Denmark; His Majesty the King of Spain; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; His Majesty the King of Italy; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, and the Swiss Federal Council, being desirous to assure to women who have attained their majority and are subjected to deception or constraint, as well as minor women and girls, an efficacious protection against the criminal traffic known under the name of trade in white women ("Traite des Blanches,") have resolved to conclude an arrangement with a view to concert
- ↑ A procès-verbal of deposit of ratifications dated at Paris Jan. 18, 1905, provided for an extension of time for deposit of ratifications by Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal, the only signatories not depositing ratifications on Jan. 18, 1905; for text, see 1 LNTS 91.
- ↑ The Senate resolution gave advice and consent to a project of arrangement adopted on July 25, 1902, which was confirmed word for word, and without change, by the formal agreement of May 18, 1904.
- ↑ 2 UST 1997; TIAS 2332. For intervening conventions of May 4, 1910, Sept. 30, 1921, and Oct. 11, 1933, relating to suppression of traffic in women and children, to none of which the United States became a party, see British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 103, p. 244, 9 LNTS 415, and 150 LNTS 431, respectively.
