Modalities of indigenous children being involved in child labour.

The Child Labour Eradication Programme targeted families with children under 16 who had previously been involved in child labour.

Target 3 Measures towards eliminating trafficking of children, sexual exploitation, child labour, and use of children in armed conflict

Cambodian, Chinese and Lao children and children from Myanmar are trafficked into neighbouring Thailand for exploitation of their labour.

Children were killed, maimed, subjected to forced labour or forced into sexual slavery.

In addition, other family members, youths and children, also entered the labour force.

(b) Improve the labour inspection system and in particular empower it to monitor and report on the practice of domestic labour by children

In addition, UNICEF initiated studies on child labour, child detention and violence against children.

A growing problem, child labour engages some 10 per cent of children aged 14 18.

(iii) The abduction of women and children to be subjected to forced labour or similar conditions

(31) The Committee notes that child labour is still widespread in Morocco, even though the new Labour Code prohibits work by children under the age of 15.

35. The long standing efforts of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to protect working children and abolish child labour have received added impetus with the establishment of the Interdepartmental Project on Elimination of Child Labour (INTERDEP) and the International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC).

Negligence, prevention of child labour and abandonment of children and internally displaced persons should also be covered.

Poor parents often need more children to provide for their old age security and to provide labour.

Various themes relating to the situation of children were discussed, including health and nutrition, education, child labour, refugee children and the legislative status of minors.

The Committee welcomes the Programme to Eradicate Child Labour (PETI), however it is deeply concerned at the high rates of informal employment of children, in particular in domestic labour.

50), the enforcement of labour laws with regard to child labour (para. 56), the protection of children from sexual exploitation (para. 60) and the administration of juvenile justice (para.

Her organization would continue to place special emphasis on the trafficking of children for labour or sexual exploitation.

Child labour is estimated at 6 per cent nationwide, and around 1 million children live on the streets.

Reports on the forced labour and slavery of children give cause for the Committee apos s deepest concern.

Within this framework, the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour is implementing a number of initiatives to combat child labour through education, specifically aimed at indigenous children and youth.

On the other hand, almost 15 per cent of children who live with couples are in the labour market.

Benin also cooperated with neighbouring countries, including Togo and Nigeria, to combat trafficking in children for use as labour.

He remains concerned, however, that men, women and children continue to be trafficked for forced labour and sexual exploitation.

(a) Communication with the Government of Brazil concerning an allegation of exploitation of the labour of street children and abuse by law enforcement personnel, including killings of street children.

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(a) Take steps to improve the labour conditions of children who are allowed to work and enforce the provisions of the Minors' Rights (Protection and Defence) Act with regard to child labour and

In Sudan, there are continual reports of forced labour and slavery of children, particularly among those of certain ethnic groups.

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Violence against women and children, and prohibition of slavery and forced labour (articles 3, 7, 8 and 24 of the Covenant)

Furthermore, an undetermined number of children have been abducted by fighting forces for use as child labour or for sexual purposes.

Taking into account the physical status of women, labour legislation in the Niger provides for special treatment of women and children.

Thus, the Labour Code provides that the rest period for women and children must last at least eleven (11) consecutive hours.

Thousands of children are annually taken from social risk situations and are prepared so that they can face labour market competition.

The Ministry of Labour has expanded legal protection to cover women and children whose jobs may be outside the regular system.

For example, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is providing specific research inputs and taking the lead on violence against working children.

The primary school enrolment rate has increased to 92 per cent, but around 600,000 children are still engaged in child labour.

Typically, those who are most vulnerable to slavery and forced labour are women, children, migrants and other members of minority groups.

Child prostitution is interwoven with the extensive exploitation of child labour and the presence of numerous street children in the region.

It counts 304,415 children between 5 10 years (9.9 ) and 755,973 children between 11 14 years (36.6 ) while overall, there are some of 1.4 million Brazilian children ranging in age from 5 to 14 in the labour market.

Latvia has also ratified the 1919 Convention No. 5 of the International Labour Organisation On the Minimum Age of Children, the 1919 Convention No. 6 of the International Labour Organisation On Children's Work at Night in Industry, the 1920 Convention No. 7 of the International Labour Organisation On Establishing the Minimum Age of Children upon Allowing Them to Work on High Seas, the 1973 Convention No. 138 of the International Labour Organisation On the Minimum Age for Hiring.

According to UNICEF estimates, in 2003 there were 1.2 million children used as merchandise for the purpose of sexual exploitation and 180 million children performing the worst forms of child labour.

(a) Strengthen the Programme to Eradicate Child Labour by supporting income generating initiatives for the families of children attended by the programme