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Priorities
- Establish an inter-regional joint forum.
- Strengthen the legal system and law enforcement.
- Inclusion of migration in school curriculum.
- Demarcation of mandates within the government.
- Institutionalization of child labour and forced labour and enforcement of policies, conventions and laws regarding these issues. Initiate the implementation of the National Action Plan on Child Labour in depth.
- Increase research, awareness raising and capacity building on these issues at all levels.
- Encourage and ensure businesses free from child labour and forced labour.
- Increase the allocation of resources and finance by government and development partners.
- Incorporation of human trafficking, worst forms of child labour (WFCL) and forced labour in the legal framework and awareness creation on these issues.
- Capacity building of labour inspectors and law enforcement to safeguarding children.
- Maintain oft the basic principle of access to free and universal education for all children.
International Instruments
| Area | Ilo Instrument | Status | Ratification date | CEACR comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Labour | C138 Ratification of C138 - Minimum Age Convention (1973) |
In Force | 27 May 1999 | |
| Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery | C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) |
In Force | 02 Sep 2003 | |
| Child Labour, Modern Slavery | C029 Forced Labour Convention (1930) |
In Force | 02 Sep 2003 | |
| Forced Labour, Modern Slavery | C105 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (1957) |
In Force | 24 Mar 1999 | |
| Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery | C181 Private Employment Agencies Convention (1997) |
In Force | 24 Mar 1999 | |
| Freedom of Association | C087 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) |
In Force | 04 Jun 1963 | |
| Freedom of Association | C098 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) |
In Force | 04 Jun 1963 | |
| Discrimination | C100 Equal Remuneration Convention (1951) |
In Force | 24 Mar 1999 | |
| Discrimination | C111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (1958) |
In Force | 11 Jun 1966 | |
| Occupational Safety and Health | C155 Occupational Safety and Health Convention (1981) |
In Force | 28 Jan 1991 |
| Area | UN Treaty | Signature date | Ratification date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Labour | IV-11 Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) |
14 May 1991 a | Accession | |
| 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) |
25 Mar 2014 a | Accession | |
| 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) |
22 Jun 2012 a | Accession | |
| 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) |
21 Jan 1969 a | Accession |