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> What we don't usually have is a "backdoor" for slavery in the form of penal labor enshrined in our Constitutions. I don't know if you meant to exclude this u
by aniviacat 11mo ago
> What we don't usually have is a "backdoor" for slavery in the form of penal labor enshrined in our Constitutions.
I don't know if you meant to exclude this using the word "usually", but Germany has a backdoor for slavery in the form of penal labor enshrined in its constitution [1]. And it's not just enshrined in the constitution, it is actually active law [2].
[1] In the German constitution, Article 12 (3), it says:
> Zwangsarbeit ist nur bei einer gerichtlich angeordneten Freiheitsentziehung zulässig.
[2] In the StVollzG, Section 41 (1), it says:
> Der Gefangene ist verpflichtet, eine ihm zugewiesene, seinen körperlichen Fähigkeiten angemessene Arbeit, arbeitstherapeutische oder sonstige Beschäftigung auszuüben, zu deren Verrichtung er auf Grund seines körperlichen Zustandes in der Lage ist.
- otikik 11mo agoI meant “most European countries don’t”. I confess I didn’t know about Germany in particular.