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Report of the Pilot Research Project on Children Working in Cultural and Artistic Activities the permission of their parents or legal guardians”. It is requested from the government that Turkey makes necessary amendments with regards to these permissions in domestic law in line with the EU Council Directive No. 94/33 and the mentioned convention and inform the ILO headquarters on that matter. The ILO Convention No. 182 concerning the “Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour” was adopted by 163 States in 1999 and the Commission Recommendation No. 2000/581/EC was published on 15 September 2000. Turkey ratifi ed the former in 2001 and accepted to adopt urgent and effective measures to prohibit and eliminate the worst forms of child labour. The European Convention on Trans-boundary Television has been particularly infl uential in arrangements relating to commercials in general and to those targeting child audiences in particular. Regulations of Higher Board for Radio and Television, Advertisement Board of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Advertisement Self-Monitoring Board are prepared in line with the European Convention on Trans-boundary Television and national and international standards. It is targeted that members of Association of Advertisers will comply with these standards. 1.1.1. Arrangements in EU member states A report prepared by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security elaborates legislative arrangements introduced by Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Ireland in line with the EU Council Directive No. 94/33 in which the following strike attention (Sarıkaya, Akın, Eke, 2007). This work is important in terms of developing and implementing a legislation refl ecting all relevant details that circumstances in Turkey embody. • Light works: defi ned as works that do not interfere with child’s health, safety and development, attendance to education, his or her eligibility under authorized testing and selection systems for occupation and career. There is the condition of receiving prior permission from authorities before engagement in such activities. It is stated that permission to employment may exceptionally be granted in certain requirements are met. There is the provision that employment of the child should never preclude his attendance to school. It is necessary that the applying person should guarantee and undertake the responsibility that activities that the child is going to be engaged in will have no negative effect on his pedagogical, mental and social development, pose no risk to his emotional and physical integrity and to his overall well being. It is compulsory to address each case in its specifi c circumstances. Points to consider here include the following: child’s age, health status, environments, educational status, type and frequency of the project he is going to engage with, time necessary for preparing for the project, rehearsals, place or site of the project and duration of engagement. - 5
Report of the Pilot Research Project on Children Working in Cultural and Artistic Activities 6 - It is provided that there is no requirement to solicit offi cial permission given that the child is over age 13, the work is light and requires no longer than 2 hours of engagement a day and that the parents r legal guardian of the child approves such engagement. It is provided that children from age 3 to 6 can be engaged in visual and/or audio recordings for maximum 2 hours a day between 08:00 and 17:00. This period includes rehearsals for acting and music. If the child concerned is over age 6, engagements of this type can be up to 3 hours a day and between 08:00 and 22:00. There is ban on night work; “night” being defi ned as from 22:00 to 06:00. It is provided that after having worked, the child should be let free to do anything he likes for 14 hours. Children under age 2 cannot be used in such activities whatsoever. It is provided that a child can work only for a specifi ed time period in a year. In 12 months, children under age 14 can wok no longer than 40 days and others over age 14 no longer than 80 days. It is provided that this type of work is to be observed and supervised by labour inspectors. It is provided that the child conducts his work under the supervision of a responsive and protective adult.
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