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THIS YEAR'S
ANNIVERSARIES
125th ANNIVERSARY 
General
Act of Berlin February
26, 1885
100th
ANNIVERSARY
Abolition
of slavery in the Chinese Empire comes into force
January 31, 1910
200th
ANNIVERSARY Decree
of the Supreme Junta of Caracas (the capital of Venezuela) prohibiting
the slave trade,
August 14, 1810
200th
ANNIVERSARY Declaration
by
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
(a Roman Catholic priest and father of
Mexican independence) abolishing
slavery,
December 6, 1810
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THIS
MONTH'S ANNIVERSARIES

September 2, 1989:
Entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

September 7, 1956: Supplementary
Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions
and Practices Similar to Slavery 1956 done at the Palais des Nations in
Geneva
September 16:
Jeevika Day
for bonded laborers
in the State of Karnataka
in the Republic of India

September 18, 1988: Historic decision on
bonded labor by Justice Muhammad Afzal Zullah of the Supreme Court
of Pakistan

September 25, 1926: Slavery Convention 1926 signed at the Palais Wilson in
Geneva
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September 26, 1846: Death of Thomas
Clarkson.
Canon John Clarkson, a direct descendant, is an active member of
the Society's governing body

September 30, 1921:
International
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children 1921
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