17. 2001 年在南非德班举行的反对种族主义、种族歧视、仇外心理和相关不容忍行为世界会议上通过、并得到大会 2002 年第 56/266 号决议确认的《德班宣言和行动纲领》中，会员国谴责“奴隶制和奴隶贸易，包括跨大西洋奴隶贸易，是人类历史上令人震惊的悲剧，这不仅在于其骇人听闻的野蛮，而且也在于其有组织性质的规模、特别是对受害者实质的否定”。25 各国进一步宣称，“奴役和奴隶贸易特别是跨大西洋的奴隶贸易是危害人类罪”。26 《世界人权宣言》、27 《废止奴隶制、奴隶贩卖及类似奴隶制的制度与习俗补充公约》28 和《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》29 也就国际上对奴隶制的禁止作了阐述。
17. In the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa, in 2001, and endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 56/266 in 2002, Member States denounced “slavery and the slave trade, including the transatlantic slave trade, [as] appalling tragedies in the history of humanity not only because of their abhorrent barbarism but also in terms of their magnitude, organized nature and especially their negation of the essence of the victims”.25 They further declared that “slavery and the slave trade are a crime against humanity and should always have been so, especially the transatlantic slave trade”.26 The international prohibition of slavery is also articulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,27 the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, 28 and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 29