GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEUNITED STATES OF AMERICAMEASURESAMENDMENT XIII SECTION 1 OF THE CONSTITUTION
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Amendment XIII Section 1 of the Constitution
Type of Measure
Laws > Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Year
1789
Brief Description

Amendment XIII, Section 1 of the Constitution adopted in 1789 includes the following provisions: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Source of Information

Constitution of the United States 1789 , UN Women Constitutional Database

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