Section 132p. 132

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME II

(a) The ratification by a Member of the new revising

Convention

shall

ipso

jure

involve

the

immediate

denunciation of this Convention, notwithstanding the

provisions of article 11 above, if and when the new revising

Convention shall have come into force;

(b) As from the date when the new revising Convention

comes into force this Convention shall cease to be open

to ratification by the Members.

2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its

actual form and content for those Members which have

ratified it but have not ratified the revising Convention.

ARTICLE 16

The English and French versions of the text of this

Convention are equally authoritative.

The foregoing is the authentic text of the Convention duly

adopted by the General Conference of the International

Labour

Organisation

during its thirty-second session

which was held at Geneva and declared closed the

second day of July 1949.

IN FAITH WHEREOF we have appended our signatures

this eighteenth day of August 1949.

(Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention,

[July 1, 1949])

Worst Forms of Child Labour

Convention, 1999 (No. 182)

June 17, 1999

WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOUR CONVENTION, 1999

(NO. 182)

The

General

Conference of the International Labour

Organization,

Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body

of the International Labour Office, and having met in its

87th Session on 1 June 1999, and

Considering the need to adopt new instruments for the

prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child

labour, as the main priority for national and international

action,

including

international

cooperation

and

assistance,

to

complement

the

Convention and the

Recommendation

concerning

Minimum

Age

for

Admission

to

Employment,

1973,

which

remain

fundamental instruments on child labour, and

Considering that the effective elimination of the worst

forms

of

child

labour

requires

immediate

and

comprehensive

action,

taking

into

account

the

importance of free basic education and the need to

remove the children concerned from all such work and to

provide for their rehabilitation and social integration

while addressing the needs of their families, and

Recalling the resolution concerning the elimination of

child

labour

adopted

by

the

International

Labour

Conference at its 83rd Session in 1996, and

Recognizing that child labour is to a great extent caused

by

poverty

and

that

the

long-term

solution lies in

sustained economic growth leading to social progress, in

particular poverty alleviation and universal education, and

Recalling the Convention on the Rights of the Child

adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 20

November 1989, and

Recalling the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles

and Rights at Work and its Follow-up, adopted by the

International Labour Conference at its 86th Session in

1998, and

Recalling that some of the worst forms of child labour are

covered by other international instruments, in particular

the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, and the United

Nations Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of

Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices

Similar to Slavery, 1956, and

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals

with regard to child labour, which is the fourth item on

the agenda of the session, and

Having determined that these proposals shall take the

form of an international Convention,

Adopts this seventeenth day of June of the year one

thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine the following

Convention, which may be cited as the Worst Forms of

Child Labour Convention, 1999.

ARTICLE 1

Each Member which ratifies this Convention shall take

immediate

and

effective

measures

to

secure

the

prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child

labour as a matter of urgency.

ARTICLE 2

For the purposes of this Convention, the term "child" shall

apply to all persons under the age of 18.

ARTICLE 3

For the purposes of this Convention, the term " the worst

forms of child labour" comprises:

(a) All forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such

as the sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and

serfdom and forced or compulsory labour, including

forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in

armed conflict;

(b)

The

use,

procuring

or

offering

of

a

child

for

prostitution, for the production of pornography or for

pornographic performances;

(c) The use, procuring or offering of a child for illicit

activities, in particular for the production and trafficking

of drugs as defined in the relevant international treaties;

(d) Work which, by its nature or the circumstances in

which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety

or morals of children.

ARTICLE 4

1. The types of work referred to under Article 3( d ) shall be

determined by national laws or regulations or by the

competent

authority,

after

consultation

with

the

organizations

of

employers

and

workers

concerned,

taking

into

consideration

relevant

international

standards, in particular Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Worst

Forms of Child Labour Recommendation, 1999.

2. The competent authority, after consultation with the

organizations of employers and workers concerned, shall

identify where the types of work so determined exist.

3.

The

list

of the types of work determined under

paragraph 1 of this Article shall be periodically examined

and

revised

as

necessary,

in

consultation

with

the

organizations of employers and workers concerned.

ARTICLE 5

Each Member shall, after consultation with employers'

and

workers'

organizations,

establish

or

designate

appropriate mechanisms to monitor the implementation

of the provisions giving effect to this Convention.

ARTICLE 6

1.

Each

Member

shall

design

and

implement

programmes of action to eliminate as a priority the worst

forms of child labour.

2. Such programmes of action shall be designed and

implemented in consultation with relevant government

institutions and employers' and workers' organizations,

taking into consideration the views of other concerned

groups as appropriate.

ARTICLE 7

1. Each Member shall take all necessary measures to

ensure the effective implementation and enforcement of

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