Debt bondage as a key form of contemporary slavery 2016, para. B.
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[Recommendations to Member States:] Ensure that debt bondage is prohibited as a specific crime within national legal frameworks with adequate penalties for violations. Debt bondage should be included as a stand-alone violation that is treated separately from related phenomena such as forced labour or trafficking.
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences