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Priorities
- Review and institutionalize the legal and policy framework
- Strengthen and improve enforcement of policy and legal framework
- Strengthen and improve capacity building
- Provision of services to fight against forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour
- Strengthen access to quality education
- Ensure and extend social protection and promote economic empowerment
- Intensify advocacy and awareness raising
- Increase coordination
- Strengthen data collection and monitoring and reporting
International Instruments
| Area | Ilo Instrument | Status | Ratification date | CEACR comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Labour | C138 Ratification of C138 - Minimum Age Convention (1973) |
In Force | 19 Nov 1999 | |
| Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery | C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) |
In Force | 19 Nov 1999 | |
| Child Labour, Modern Slavery | C029 Forced Labour Convention (1930) |
In Force | 19 Nov 1999 | |
| Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery | P029 Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention (1930) |
In Force | 07 Nov 2019 | |
| Forced Labour, Modern Slavery | C105 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (1957) |
In Force | 19 Nov 1999 | |
| Freedom of Association | C087 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) |
In Force | 19 Nov 1999 | |
| Freedom of Association | C098 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) |
In Force | 22 Mar 1965 | |
| Discrimination | C100 Equal Remuneration Convention (1951) |
In Force | 22 Mar 1965 | |
| Discrimination | C111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (1958) |
In Force | 22 Mar 1965 | |
| Occupational Safety and Health | C155 Occupational Safety and Health Convention (1981) |
In Force | 07 Nov 2019 | |
| Occupational Safety and Health | C187 Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention (2006) |
In Force | 07 Nov 2019 |
| Area | UN Treaty | Signature date | Ratification date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Labour | IV-11 Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) |
2 Jan 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) |
7 Sep 2000 | 7 Oct 2009 | |
| 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) |
17 Mar 2005 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) |
2 Aug 1965 a | Accession |
Sources: ILO Normlex & UN Treaty Collection
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