Summary of the Resolutions Passed in 1927 by the Advisory Commission against the Traffic in Women & Children at the League of Nations, 1927

SUMMARY OF THE RESOLUTIONS PASSED IN 1927 BY THE ADVISORY COMMISSION AGAINST [THE] TRAFFIC IN WOMEN & CHILDREN AT THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Having noted the reports of the Government Delegates and those of the Delegates of [Benevolent] Societies, the Advisory Commission urged the following recommendations:

-- That an active propaganda be undertaken with those Governments which are not party to the International Conventions in order to obtain their adhesion and a more complete collaboration with regard to the suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children.

-- That a special study of the measures contemplated by Governments for the protection of artists engaged for tours abroad in music-halls and similar establishments, be undertaken.

-- That a severe control be established over the conditions in which girls under 18 are allowed to go to foreign countries on a work-contract, and over the measures taken to ensure are exact observance of [Immigration] laws.

-- That severe sanctions be taken against proxenetes and foreign souteneurs in order to obtain their expulsion or repression, and that similar measures be enforced against persons living, partially or wholly, by the prostitution of others.

-- Expresses the desire, the link existing between Traffic in Women and Children and Licensed Houses having been established, to see the Countries Members of the League of Nations decide the suppression of these disastrous institutions. [page 2]

-- That the effects of law-wages on the development of Prostitution be examined.

-- That the question of the reforms to be made with regard to the legal age of marriage and that of consent, be taken up again; this double problem bearing both on the suppression of the Traffic and the Protection of Children.

-- That the inquiry into the service of women police be continued -- a service which has given the best results wherever it has been tried.

-- Draws the attention of Countries Member to the urgency of obtaining from those Governments which have not yet sent in their adhesion or their ratification, that they should send it in, as quickly as possible, to the International Convention for the Repression of immoral publications.