Action Against Child Labour (ILO, 2000, 356 p.): 2. Towards improved legislation: 2.6 INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE CHILD LABOUR LEGISLATION

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

2.6 INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE CHILD LABOUR LEGISLATION

Action towards improving national legislation is being taken in many countries. Initiatives in legislative reform include consolidating and harmonizing disparate laws concerning children, expanding coverage of the law, increasing penalties, providing compensation for child victims of violations of child labour laws and reinforcing enforcement mechanisms. Some examples of these have already been given in this chapter. This section highlights comprehensive legislative approaches to addressing the child labour problem through legislation enabling the establishment of structures to deal with the problem, and through efforts at developing model legislation.