Today, more than 800,000 slaves live in Niger, more than 7 percent of the population. Although some of their conditions have improved over the years, slavery remains a fact of life in this Saharan country. Many of these slaves are children who don’t know their own parents. Considering the deplorable situation of slavery in Niger, the UN should seek out and prosecute government officials and offenders who promote slavery in Niger.
Slavery needs to be abolished in niger is because slavery is inhumane. Children are taken away from their mothers to destroy the family links so slaves don't really know who their ancestors are. As you can imagine in Africa, that's a very important tradition, to know who your parents are, so that's how slavery is perpetuated. …show more content…
Niger was the first country in West Africa to pass a law specifically pertaining to slavery and creating a criminal penalty for the offense. Says the UN. Some slave owners get past this law by trying to say that their slaves are indentured over enslaved. Another Soon after the slavery law was put in place a case took place, Mani vs Niger. There was a landmark case between Mani and NIger where a 12 year old girl was sold to a 46 year old man who raped her weekly. The girl was later pregnant with the man’s kids. Mani was later released from slavery but was required by the man to live with him, because they were "married". 2 years later Mani had won the case and had legally divorced the man and developed 21,000 dollars in settlement. Although slavery was officially outlawed by 1981, but some estimate that over 7% of the population is still enslaved. For over 10 years Niger slavery was illegal but someone that owned, bought or sold slaves was not prosecuted or punished. Over 100 law officials were caught not enforcing this law yet still got out of any committed crimes.
Although some people believe that slavery drives niger's economy. There are alternatives to unpaid labor. Niger's unemployment rate is estimated to be about 18.8%. Slavery is taking away from these people having jobs, and this number has increased over the years and will continue to. With this increasing the unemployment rate could crash the whole economy. Niger’s GDP is around 8 billion which is less than half of other countries who don’t promote slavery. Niger is considered one of the poorest countries in the world with the highest unemployment rate and these numbers would change if slavery was abolished in
Slavery needs to be abolished in niger is because slavery is inhumane. Children are taken away from their mothers to destroy the family links so slaves don't really know who their ancestors are. As you can imagine in Africa, that's a very important tradition, to know who your parents are, so that's how slavery is perpetuated. …show more content…
Niger was the first country in West Africa to pass a law specifically pertaining to slavery and creating a criminal penalty for the offense. Says the UN. Some slave owners get past this law by trying to say that their slaves are indentured over enslaved. Another Soon after the slavery law was put in place a case took place, Mani vs Niger. There was a landmark case between Mani and NIger where a 12 year old girl was sold to a 46 year old man who raped her weekly. The girl was later pregnant with the man’s kids. Mani was later released from slavery but was required by the man to live with him, because they were "married". 2 years later Mani had won the case and had legally divorced the man and developed 21,000 dollars in settlement. Although slavery was officially outlawed by 1981, but some estimate that over 7% of the population is still enslaved. For over 10 years Niger slavery was illegal but someone that owned, bought or sold slaves was not prosecuted or punished. Over 100 law officials were caught not enforcing this law yet still got out of any committed crimes.
Although some people believe that slavery drives niger's economy. There are alternatives to unpaid labor. Niger's unemployment rate is estimated to be about 18.8%. Slavery is taking away from these people having jobs, and this number has increased over the years and will continue to. With this increasing the unemployment rate could crash the whole economy. Niger’s GDP is around 8 billion which is less than half of other countries who don’t promote slavery. Niger is considered one of the poorest countries in the world with the highest unemployment rate and these numbers would change if slavery was abolished in