Publications

April 2013

1. 

   Child Labour Handbook for Professionals

   The purpose of the handbook is to provide guidelines for professionals who may/will encounter instances of child labour in the course of their work. Against the background of law, international convention and research findings, the handbook is intended to assist with prioritizing and taking effective action to address child labour situations, always conducting such activities in the best interest of the children.

August 2012

1. 

   The tripartite process of determining hazardous child labour - Guide for facilitators

   This Guide is designed for the Government unit tasked with organizing and facilitating the Tripartite Consultations that will result in either a new or a revised list of hazardous child labour for the country.

2. 

   STEP by STEP: The tripartite process of determining hazardous child labour - Guide for facilitators

March 2012

1. 

   Jamaica: Child labour legislative gap analysis

May 2011

1. 

   Final report of a baseline survey on policy, legislative and capacity analysis in Busia, Kitui-Central and Kilifi Districts in Kenya

   This report was produced as a result of a study that was carried out under ILO-IPEC_SNAP Project in Kenya.

June 2010

1. 

   A report on a piloted model and its good practices - Mongolia

   In this report, good practices were identifi ed and documented from what had been developed within the Framework of the project "Support for the Proposed Sub-Programme to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labour: Time Bound Measures", implemented from October 2005 to May 2010 by the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) in Mongolia (MON0550USA_FTPR_1009_Annex D)

May 2010

1. Cooperating out of child labour

   The IPEC Karnataka child labour project has a holistic approach to eliminate and prevent child labour, through its four levels; community, block, disctrict and state.

February 2010

1. 

   Assessment of implementation and enforcement machinery to combat child labour in Jamaica: Summary Report

   The incidence of child labour in Jamaica, as legally defined, is relatively low for developing countries. However, at least 11.6% of 15-17 year-olds are involved in economic activity, usually of a hazardous, low-wage character. This results from a disjuncture between the maximum age limit at which basic education is provided - Grade 9, or about age 16 - and the age of adulthood.

September 2009

1. 

   Legislative Compliance Review on Child Labour Laws in Fiji

   This report examines Fiji¿s compliance with the ILO Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No.138) and ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182). Fiji ratified Convention No. 182 in 2002 and Convention No. 138 in 2003. The Employment Relations Promulgation 2007 updated Fiji¿s labour laws and brought them more in line with Convention No. 138 and No. 182, however, there are still major gaps in the application of the Conventions in Fiji¿s laws.

June 2009

1. 

   World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2009: ILO Convention No. 182 - Eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labour