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Chapter I
Source: Slavery Convention, Genève 25 september 1926, i kraft 9 mars 1927, ändrad genom protokoll 7 december 1953. UNTS vol. 212, nr I-2861.
- Consent is not an element. The prosecutor does not have to prove its absence, because enslavement flows from claimed rights of ownership. Nor can a lack of resistance be read as consent. That answers "she never tried to leave".
- Duration is not an element. What matters is the quality of the relationship, and length is only one factor among ten. That answers "it was only a few days".
- Nobody has a right of ownership over a person. The court said the law knows of no such right. Write that someone was treated as property. Never write that someone was owned.
Source: Protokollet om förebyggande, bekämpande och bestraffande av handel med människor, särskilt kvinnor och barn, generalförsamlingens resolution 55/25 av 15 november 2000, i kraft 25 december 2003.