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Priorities
- Intensify action in the agriculture, livestock, fishing, mining and domestic work sectors
- Coordination of action to fight against child labour, human trafficking and forced labour
- Monitoring, data collection and knowledge sharing (harmonising data collection tools)
- Mobilisation of resources to fight against trafficking, child labour and forced labour.
- Repressing the perpetrators, co-perpetrators and accomplices of trafficking, child labour and forced labour.
International Instruments
| Area | Ilo Instrument | Status | Ratification date | CEACR comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Labour | C138 Ratification of C138 - Minimum Age Convention (1973) |
In Force | 11 Jun 2001 | |
| Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery | C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) |
In Force | 06 Nov 2001 | |
| Child Labour, Modern Slavery | C029 Forced Labour Convention (1930) |
In Force | 12 Dec 1960 | |
| Forced Labour, Modern Slavery | C105 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (1957) |
In Force | 22 May 1961 | |
| Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery | C143 Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention (1975) |
In Force | 11 Jun 1980 | |
| Freedom of Association | C087 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) |
In Force | 12 Dec 1960 | |
| Freedom of Association | C098 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) |
In Force | 16 May 1968 | |
| Discrimination | C100 Equal Remuneration Convention (1951) |
In Force | 16 May 1968 | |
| Discrimination | C111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (1958) |
In Force | 22 May 1961 |
| Area | UN Treaty | Signature date | Ratification date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Labour | IV-11 Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) |
25 Apr 1990 | 3 Aug 1990 | |
| Child Labour | IV-11-c Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (2000) |
22 Feb 2001 | 31 Jan 2005 | |
| Forced Labour, Human Trafficking | PALERMO_PROTOCOL Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000) |
13 Dec 2000 | 30 Aug 2004 | |
| Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery | XVIII-4 Ratification of the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition and of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery (1956) |
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Sources: ILO Normlex & UN Treaty Collection
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