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"ILO: Convention No 182 (1999) Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (entry into force 2000)" [2005] ELECD 252; in Tully, Stephen (ed), "International Documents on Corporate Responsibility" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: International Documents on Corporate Responsibility

Editor(s): Tully, Stephen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843768197

Section: Chapter 29

Section Title: ILO: Convention No 182 (1999) Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (entry into force 2000)

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

29. ILO: Convention No 182 (1999) Concerning
the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the
Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child
Labour (entry into force 2000)

Commentary: See further, Recommendation No 190 (1999) concerning the
prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the worst forms of child
labour. On the position of employers, see IOE General Council (1996), Resolution on
Child Labour, 73rd Session, Geneva. On joint IOE/ILO initiatives, see IOE/ILO (1998),
`An Employer's Handbook on Child Labour: A Guide for Taking Action', Geneva;
IOE/ILO (1999), `An Employer's Initiative for Ratification of the Worst Forms of Child
Labour Convention 1999 (No 182)', Geneva. For academic commentary, see Krug
N.J. (1998), `Exploiting child labour: corporate responsibility and the role of corpo-
rate codes of conduct', New York Law School Journal of Human Rights, 14, 651­76.




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 ...