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Priorities
Sri Lanka’s SDG 8.7 Roadmap focuses on four priority areas – Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, Partnership. Under each priority area, the Roadmap specifies specific actions to be undertaken to combat child labour, forced labour and human trafficking.
International Instruments
| Area | Ilo Instrument | Status | Ratification date | CEACR comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Labour | C138 Ratification of C138 - Minimum Age Convention (1973) |
In Force | 11 Feb 2000 | |
| Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery | C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) |
In Force | 01 Mar 2001 | |
| Child Labour, Modern Slavery | C029 Forced Labour Convention (1930) |
In Force | 05 Apr 1950 | |
| Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery | P029 Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention (1930) |
In Force | 10 Apr 2019 | |
| Forced Labour, Modern Slavery | C105 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (1957) |
In Force | 07 Jan 2003 | |
| Freedom of Association | C087 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) |
In Force | 15 Sep 1995 | |
| Freedom of Association | C098 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) |
In Force | 13 Dec 1972 | |
| Discrimination | C100 Equal Remuneration Convention (1951) |
In Force | 01 Apr 1993 | |
| Discrimination | C111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (1958) |
In Force | 27 Nov 1998 |
| Area | UN Treaty | Signature date | Ratification date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Labour | IV-11 Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) |
26 Jan 1990 | 12 Jul 1991 | |
| 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) |
8 May 2002 | 22 Sep 2006 | |
| 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 | 15 Jun 2015 | |
| 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) |
5 Jun 1957 | 21 Mar 1958 |
Sources: ILO Normlex & UN Treaty Collection
RESOURCES
ROADMAP-SRI LANKA
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