Abolishing Extreme Forms of Child Labour Information Kit (text version)

In June 1998, the International Labour Conference will discuss proposed new international legal standards on child labour. The new standards call for the immediate suppression of extreme forms of child labour including:

slavery and slavery-like practices

forced labour, debt bondage, and serfdom

use of children in illegal activities, prostitution and pornography

any work or activity which is likely to jeopardize the health, safety or morals of children.

This kit contains key information on the proposed standards, extreme forms of child labour and examples of action taken against them.

Contents

Targeting the Intolerable: Toward the Adoption of New International Labour Standards on Extreme Forms of Child Labour
By Michele Jankanish, International Labour Office, Geneva. First published 1998
Proposed New International Labour Standards on Extreme Forms of Child Labour
International Labour Office, Geneva. First published 1998
Factsheets:
- Existing and Proposed New ILO Standards on Child Labour
- Child Labour in the World
- Children in Hazardous Agriculture
- Prostitution and Trafficking of Children
- International Action against Child Labour: ILO-IPEC
- Children in Hazardous Work
- Slavery and Forced Child Labour
- Children and Domestic Work
- Children in Mining and Quarries
- Global March against Child Labour

For further information, please contact the Working Conditions and Environment Department (TRAVAIL)
at Tel: +41.22.799.6198 or Fax: +41.22.799.6349 or E-MAIL: travail@ilo.org
This page was created by Agence Virtuelle. It was approved by AB. It was last updated on 5 June 1998.

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