The definition of trafficking in persons contained in the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children does not explicitly refer to debt bondage as a form of exploitation. The Protocol, however, prohibits "forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery [and] servitude," terms which are defined in earlier UN treaties. For example, Article 1 of the UN Slavery Convention of 1927, defines "slavery" as "the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised." The Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery defines "debt bondage" as: |