Action Against Child Labour (ILO, 2000, 356 p.): 2. Towards improved legislation: Checklist 2.3 Legislation on bonded labour

Action Against Child Labour (ILO, 2000, 356 p.)

2. Towards improved legislation

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		INTRODUCTION
		2.1 LEGISLATION AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CHILD LABOUR
		2.2 SOURCES OF LAW ON CHILD LABOUR
		2.3 INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS AND NATIONAL LEGISLATION
		2.4 NEW INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOUR
		2.5 OTHER INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
		2.6 INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE CHILD LABOUR LEGISLATION
		2.7 LESSONS LEARNED
		Checklist 2.1 General principles
		Checklist 2.2 Improving national legislation
		Checklist 2.3 Legislation on bonded labour
		Checklist 2.4 Involving employers' and workers' organizations, and others
		Appendix 2.1 ILO Conventions on child labour and forced labour (as at 31 July 1999)
		Appendix 2.2 Minimum ages in ILO Conventions
		Appendix 2.3 Ratification of ILO Conventions on child labour and forced labour (as at 31 August 1999)
		Appendix 2.4 Chart of ratifications of ILO Conventions on child labour and forced labour by country (as at 31 August 1999:
		Appendix 2.5 Excerpts from selected ILO standards on child labour

Checklist 2.3 Legislation on bonded labour

The following checklist is based on a programme of action against child bondage developed during an ILO Asian Regional Seminar on children in bondage.¹⁸

¹⁸ ILO: A programme of action against child bondage, in collaboration with the United Nations Centre for Human Rights (Geneva, 1992).

Specify forms of child bondage.

Prohibit all forms of bondage.

Provide appropriate sanctions.

Provide compensation to victims.

Provide for liquidation of debts and other obligations.

Provide for enforcement and monitoring machinery, including inspection authority and special committees or task forces.

Include provisions for the establishment of special courts and for speedy disposal of cases.

Give protection to victims from reprisals.

Complement the law by giving publicity to the law and violations.