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close this bookAction Against Child Labour (ILO, 2000, 356 p.)
close this folder2. Towards improved legislation
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View the documentINTRODUCTION
View the document2.1 LEGISLATION AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CHILD LABOUR
View the document2.2 SOURCES OF LAW ON CHILD LABOUR
Open this folder and view contents2.3 INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS AND NATIONAL LEGISLATION
View the document2.4 NEW INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOUR
View the document2.5 OTHER INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
View the document2.6 INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE CHILD LABOUR LEGISLATION
View the document2.7 LESSONS LEARNED
View the documentChecklist 2.1 General principles
View the documentChecklist 2.2 Improving national legislation
View the documentChecklist 2.3 Legislation on bonded labour
View the documentChecklist 2.4 Involving employers' and workers' organizations, and others
View the documentAppendix 2.1 ILO Conventions on child labour and forced labour (as at 31 July 1999)
View the documentAppendix 2.2 Minimum ages in ILO Conventions
View the documentAppendix 2.3 Ratification of ILO Conventions on child labour and forced labour (as at 31 August 1999)
View the documentAppendix 2.4 Chart of ratifications of ILO Conventions on child labour and forced labour by country (as at 31 August 1999:
View the documentAppendix 2.5 Excerpts from selected ILO standards on child labour

Appendix 2.4 Chart of ratifications of ILO Conventions on child labour and forced labour by country (as at 31 August 1999:

Country

No. 5

No. 7

No. 10

No. 15

No. 33

No.58

No. 59

No. 60

No. 112

No. 123

No. 138

No.29

Total

73

54

55

69

25

52

36

11

30

42

78

149

Afghanistan

Albania

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Algeria

X*

X*

X

X

Angola

X

X

Antigua and Barbuda

X

X

Argentina

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Armenia

Australia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Austria

X

X

X

X

Azerbaijan

X

X

Bahamas

X

X

X

X

Bahrain

X

Bangladesh

X

X

X

Barbados

X

X

X

Belarus

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Belgium

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Belize

X

X

X

X

X

X

Benin

X

X

X

Bolivia

X

X

X

Bosnia and Herzegovina

X

X

Botswana

X

X

Brazil

X

X*

X

X

Bulgaria

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Burkina Faso

X

X

X

X

Burundi

X

X

Cambodia

X

Cameroon

X

X

X

X

X

X

Canada

X

X

X

Cape Verde

X

Central African Republic

X

X

X

X

Chad

X

X

X

Chile

X

X

X

X

X

X

China

X

X

X

X

Colombia

X

X

X

X

X

Comoros

X

X

X

X

Congo

X

X

X

Costa Rica

X*

X

X

Cd'Ivoire

X

X

X

Croatia

X

X

Cuba

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Cyprus

X

X

X

X

X

Czech Republic

X

X

X

X

Democratic Republic of the Congo

X

Denmark

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Djibouti

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dominica

X

X

Dominican Republic

X

X

X

X

X

Ecuador

X

X

X

Egypt

X

X

El Salvador

X

X

Equatorial Guinea

X

Eritrea

Estonia

X

X

X

X

X

Ethiopia

X

Fiji

X

X

X

X

Finland

X*

X*

X

X

France

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Gabon

X

X

X

X

X

Gambia

Georgia

X

X

Germany

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Ghana

X

X

X

X

Greece

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Grenada

X

X

X

X

X

X

Guatemala

X*

X*

X

X

X

X

X

Guinea

X

X

X

X

X

Guinea-Bissau

X

X

Guyana

X

X

X

X

X

X

Haiti

X

X

Honduras

X

X

Hungary

X

X

X

X

X

X

Iceland

X

X*

X

India

X

X

X

X

Indonesia

X

X

Iran, Islamic Republic of

X

Iraq

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Ireland

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Israel

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Italy

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Jamaica

X

X

X

X

Japan

X

X

X

X

X

X

Jordan

X

X

X

Kazakhstan

Kenya

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Korea, Rep. of

X

Kuwait

X

Kyrgyzstan

X

X

Lao PDR

X

Latvia

X

X

X

Lebanon

X

X

X

X

Lesotho

X

X

Liberia

X

X

X

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

X*

X

X

Lithuania

X

X

Luxembourg

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Madagascar

X

X

X

X

Malawi

Malaysia

X1

X2

X

X

X

Mali

X

X

X

Malta

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Mauritania

X

X

X

X

X

X

Mauritius

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Mexico

X*

X

X

X

X

Moldova, Republic of

Mongolia

X

X

Morocco

X

X

Mozambique

Myanmar

X

X

Namibia

Nepal

X

Netherlands

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

New Zealand

X

X

X

X

X*

X

Nicaragua

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Niger

X*

X*

X

X

Nigeria

X

X

X

X

X

Norway

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Oman

X

Pakistan

X

X

X

Panama

X

X

X

X

X

X

Papua New Guinea

X

X

X

Paraguay

X

X

X

X

Peru

X

X

X

X

X

Philippines

X

X

Poland

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

X

Portugal

X

X

X

Qatar

X

Romania

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Russian Federation

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Rwanda

X

X

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

X

X

X

X

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

X

X

X

San Marino

X

X

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

X

X

Senegal

X

X

X

X

Seychelles

X

X

X

X

X

X

Sierra Leone

X

X

X

X

X

X

Singapore

X

X

X

X

Slovakia

X

X

X

X

X

Slovenia

X

X

Solomon Islands

X

Somalia

X

South Africa

X

Spain

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

X

Sri Lanka

X

X

X

X

X

X

Sudan

X

Suriname

X

X

Swaziland

X

X

X

X

X

Sweden

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Switzerland

X

X

X

X

X

X

Syrian Arab Republic

X

X

Tajikistan

X

X

Tanzania, United Republic of

X3

X3

X

X3

X

X

X

Thailand

X

X

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

X

X

Togo

X*

X*

X

X

Trinidad and Tobago

X

X

Tunisia

X

X*

X*

X

X

X

Turkey

X

X

X

X

X

X

Turkmenistan

X

Uganda

X

X

X

Ukraine

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

United Arab Emirates

X

X

United Kingdom

X

X

X

X

X

United States

X

Uruguay

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Uzbekistan

X

Venezuela

X*

X*

X

X

Viet Nam

X

X

Yemen

X

X

X

X

Yugoslavia

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X*

X

X

Zambia

X*

X

X

X

Zimbabwe

X

1 Sarawak
2 Sabah and Sarawak
3 Zanzibar
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