Action Against Child Labour (ILO, 2000, 356 p.): 2. Towards improved legislation: Appendix 2.3 Ratification of ILO Conventions on child labour and forced labour (as at 31 August 1999)

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

2. Towards improved legislation

		(introduction...)
		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

Appendix 2.3 Ratification of ILO Conventions on child labour and forced labour (as at 31 August 1999)

Convention No.	Title of Convention	Total of ratifications (in brackets, total of denunciations following ratification of revising Conventions)
5	Minimum Age (Industry), 1919	75 [23]
59	Minimum Age (Industry) (Revised), 1937	36 [16]
7	Minimum Age (Sea), 1920	54 [23]
58	Minimum Age (Sea) (Revised), 1936	52 [20]
10	Minimum Age (Agriculture), 1921	55 [23]
15	Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stokers), 1921	69 [27]
33	Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment), 1932	25 [8]
60	Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) (Revised), 1937	11 [10]
112	Minimum Age (Fishermen), 1959	30 [18]
123	Minimum Age (Underground Work), 1965	42 [10]
138	Minimum Age, 1973	78
29	Forced Labour, 1930	149

Convention No. 138 - List of countries with specified minimum age:

14:	Argentina, Bolivia, Botswana, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Venezuela (16 countries).
15:	Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Finland, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Guyana, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Republic of Korea, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Zambia (40 countries).
16:	Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, France, Hungary, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine (22 countries).