What is Debt bondage?
[[File:Child Labour in Brick Kilns of Nepal.jpg|thumb|[[Child labor]] in Nepal. Many children are forced to work to pay off debt; which is a form of debt bondage. |315x315px]] '''Bonded labour''' or '''debt bondage''' (or '''debt slavery''') is a term used to refer to a situation where someone (a debtor) has to work for the person who [[debt|lent him money]]. Generally, the conditions of this form of [[forced labour]] are close to [[slavery]]. Bonded labour is one of the most common forms of modern-day slavery-like conditions. Usually, the person working gets paid very little money in return for very hard work. Very often, the exact amount to be re-paid is not defined clearly. The person doing the bonded labour will never be able to pay off the debt through work. A regular work contract usually gives rights to the person being employed, and the amount of work. In a normal working contract, difficult, dangerous or exhausting work will usually get paid better. This is not the case with debt bondage. Debt bondage is banned by the [[Treaty|Convention]] of [[United Nation]] on [[slavery]] in 1956.<ref>[http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/SupplementaryConventionAbolitionOfSlavery.aspx Sopplementary Convention on Abolition of Slavery], Article 1 (a)</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Related pages == * [[Child labour]] * [[Slavery]] * [[Indentured servant]] {{stub}} [[Category:Modern-day slavery]] [[Category:Poverty]] [[Category:Money]] [[Category:Debt bondage]]