Pathfinder country

Chile

SDG indicator 8.7.1 Proportion of children engaged in economic activity
With household chores - age 5-17 (2012) Without household chores - age 5-17 (2012)
Total 2.3 % 5.9 %
Female 1.4 % 5.2 %
Male 3.3 % 6.7 %
SDG indicator 5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20 - 24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
-
Before age 15
-
Before age 18
Latest ratifications - View all
C182
17 Jul 2000
Ratified
C187
27 Apr 2011
Ratified
P029
19 Jan 2021
Ratified
SDG indicator 16.2.2 Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population
0.88
2008
2009
0.1
2010
0.76
2011
0.04
2012
0.45
2013
0.04
2014
0.04
2015
0.07
2016
0.03
2017
0.09
2018
0.19
2019
0.09
2020
2021
2022
SDG indicator 16.2.2 Number of victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude and slavery, per 100,000 population
0.35
2008
2009
2010
0.43
2011
2012
0.45
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
0.06
2018
2019
0.09
2020
2021
2022
Sources: UN SDG & ILO Normlex

Learn more about Chile

Priorities

  • Promote research and knowledge-sharing around SDG Target 8.7. Qualitative and quantitative studies ensure that data is generated and updated, while strengthening comprehensive lines of action around SDG Target 8.7. With support from UNICEF and the ILO, the country is taking steps toward implementing a new National Survey on Activities of Children and Adolescents in 2020.

Progress

  • Adoption of a second Roadmap for Chile as a Pathfinder Country.
     
  • Reactivation of the Ministerial Advisory Commission for the Elimination of Forced Labour in Chile (CAMTRAFOR) and initiation of work on the design of the National Action Plan for the Elimination of Forced Labour.
     
  • Redesign of the website dedicated to the eradication of child labour in Chile (www.noaltrabajoinfantil.cl)  
     
  • Testing of the questionnaire for the National Survey of Activities of Children and Adolescents (EANNA) 2023, that will provide data about child labour in Chile  
     
  • Update of the Criminal Investigation Guide on the crime of Human Trafficking  
     
  • Launch of the study "Characterization of the situation of human trafficking in Chile"

International Instruments

Área Ilo Instrument Estado Ratification date CEACR comments
Child Labour
C138
Ratification of C138 - Minimum Age Convention (1973)
In Force 01 Feb 1999
Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery
C182
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
In Force 17 Jul 2000
Child Labour, Modern Slavery
C029
Forced Labour Convention (1930)
In Force 31 May 1933
Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery
P029
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention (1930)
In Force 19 Jan 2021
Forced Labour, Modern Slavery
C105
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (1957)
In Force 01 Feb 1999
Freedom of Association
C087
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948)
In Force 01 Feb 1999
Freedom of Association
C098
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949)
In Force 01 Feb 1999
Discrimination
C100
Equal Remuneration Convention (1951)
In Force 20 Sep 1971
Discrimination
C111
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (1958)
In Force 20 Sep 1971
Occupational Safety and Health
C187
Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention (2006)
In Force 27 Apr 2011
Sources: ILO Normlex & UN Treaty Collection

Milestones

2017

Chile develops a National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights and updates its list of hazardous occupations prohibited for children, trains labour inspectors and develops a child labour inspection manual.

2015

The Chilean government establishes the National Strategy to Eradicate Child Labour and Protection of Adolescent Workers and updates the National Action Plan against Trafficking in Persons.

2015

Update of a National Action Plan against Trafficking in Persons (2015-2018)

2014

Chile sets up a National Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Child Labour and the Protection of Adolescent Workers.

2008

Chile creates a National Intersectorial Table on Trafficking in Persons.

RESOURCES
Chile
TALLER ESTRATÉGICO ALIANZA 8.7 CHILE
Chile Pathfinder Country Progress Report 2021-2022
Chile Pathfinder Country Progress Report 2021-2022
Cover Chile PR
Chile Pathfinder Country Progress Report 2022-2023
Chile 2nd Stragic Workshop and Roadmap
Chile Informe del Segundo Taller Estratégico y Hoja de Ruta 2022-2025