Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the
Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others
1949
Article 1
The Parties to the present Convention agree to punish any person who, to gratify the
passions of another:
(1) Procures, entices or leads away, for purposes of prostitution, another person, even
with the consent of that person;
(2) Exploits the prostitution of another person, even with the consent of that person.
Article 8
The offences referred to in articles 1 and 2 of the present Convention shall be regarded as
extraditable offences in any extradition treaty which has been or may hereafter be
concluded between any of the Parties to this Convention.
The Parties to the present Convention which do not make extradition conditional on the
existence of a treaty shall henceforward recognize the offences referred to in articles 1
and 2 of the present Convention as cases for extradition between themselves.
Extradition shall be granted in accordance with the law of the State to which the request
is made.
Article 17
The Parties to the present Convention undertake, in connection with immigration and
emigration, to adopt or maintain such measures as are required, in terms of their
obligations under the present Convention, to check the traffic in persons of either sex for
the purpose of prostitution.
In particular they undertake:
(1) To make such regulations as are necessary for the protection of immigrants or
emigrants, and in particular, women and children, both at the place of arrival and
departure and while en route;
(2) To arrange for appropriate publicity warning the public of the dangers of the aforesaid
traffic;
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