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Priorities
Under this priority, actions planned include: conducting a legal review of national instruments related to SDG target 8.7 issues and proposing amendments to ensure their alignment with SDG target 8.7; finalizing the revision of the Labour Code; developing and adopting a National Employment Policy; revising the Hazardous Child Labour List; harmonizing the Merchant Shipping Code with the ILO Maritime Labour Convention (2006); strengthening cooperation mechanisms between home and destination countries of victims of trafficking in persons, of modern slavery, forced labour and of the worst forms of child labour.
Under this priority, actions planned include: establishing an Alliance 8.7 National Multisectoral Committee as well as Committees at
department and local levels; building the technical and institutional capacity of actors engaged in addressing SDG target 8.7 issues, as well as that of administrative and criminal jurisdictions, and of the labour inspectorate on tackling the worst forms of child labour.
Under this priority, actions planned include: Developing a National Action Plan to combat SDG 8.7 issues and mapping interventions; putting in place a warning and monitoring mechanism; creating a database to register cases; strengthening information, communication and education among the population on SDG target 8.7 issues; setting up free education and vocational training programs for young people, adults and children victims of trafficking in persons, modern slavery, forced labour and the worst forms of child labour.
Increasing financing of activities aimed at combatting SDG 8.7 issues and strengthening international cooperation.
Pathfinder international_instruments table
| Area | Ilo Instrument | Status | Ratification date | CEACR comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Labour | C138 Ratification of C138 - Minimum Age Convention (1973) |
In Force | 26 Nov 1999 | |
| Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery | C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) |
In Force | 23 Aug 2002 | |
| Child Labour, Modern Slavery | C029 Forced Labour Convention (1930) |
In Force | 10 Nov 1960 | |
| Forced Labour, Modern Slavery | C105 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (1957) |
In Force | 26 Nov 1999 | |
| Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery | C143 Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention (1975) |
Not In Force | 26 Oct 2023 | |
| Freedom of Association | C087 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) |
In Force | 10 Nov 1960 | |
| Freedom of Association | C098 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) |
In Force | 26 Nov 1999 | |
| Discrimination | C100 Equal Remuneration Convention (1951) |
In Force | 26 Nov 1999 | |
| Discrimination | C111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (1958) |
In Force | 26 Nov 1999 | |
| Occupational Safety and Health | C155 Occupational Safety and Health Convention (1981) |
Not In Force | 26 Oct 2023 |
| Area | UN Treaty | Signature date | Ratification date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Labour | IV-11 Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) |
14 Oct 1993 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) |
27 Oct 2009 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) |
14 Dec 2000 | ||
| 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) |
25 Aug 1977 a | Accession |
