Where is slavery legal?

This question needs some points clarified before answering:

• slavery is the forced labor that is not paid or compensated in any form
• there are mental or physical threats or bondage to enforce servitude

Slaves can be:

• kidnapped or stolen people
• children sold into slavery to pay their parents' debts
• people forced into slavery to pay off their own debts
• prisoners of war
• people tricked into slavery by promises of jobs etc.

Most countries have laws against slavery, but often a class of bond laborers may exist which is legal but so close to slavery that it makes no real difference. In many countries slavery is present but ignored by local culture and government. Typical examples are oten cited such as cocoa plantations in Africa. Slavery today often consists of women or children sold into slavery as domestic servants or for prostitution. These are reported in local news when discovered but are usually regarded as isolated cases.

Internationally, the Declaration of Human Rights which is part of the United Nations Charter, forbids human trafficking and forced labor. Not every country enforces this declaration and it is not an international law. Examples of forced labor (everything from bond labor to slavery) can be found in every continent, if not every country, of the world.