India's Violations

Article 4 UDHRIndia is in violation of Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights prohibiting slavery in that India has more people living in modern slavery than any other country due to the intentional cultural and political refusal to enforce existing national and international laws outlawing slavery.

This South Asian country has the highest number of people living in slavery--more than 18 million people, or 1.4% of the population. According to the 2016 Global Slavery Index from the Walk Free Foundation. Modern slavery in India comes in many forms:

1. Forced Labour

2. Forces Human Sexual Trafficking

3. Forced Marriage

4. Forced Armed Conflict

Slavery is a term that refers to a situation in which a person has taken away another’s freedom so they can be exploited.