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ILO Convention No. 182 requires tripartite consultations to define and list what is considered
'hazardous work.'
ILO Recommendation No. 190 provides that the following should be considered in
determining hazardous work:
• Work which exposes children to physical, psychological or sexual abuse;
• Work underground, under water, at dangerous heights or in confined spaces;
• Work with dangerous machinery, equipment or tools;
• Work that involves manual handling or transport of heavy goods;
• Work in an unhealthy environment which may, for example, expose children to
hazardous substances, agents or processes or to temperatures, noise levels, or
vibrations damaging to their health;
• Work under particularly difficult conditions such as work for long hours or during the
night or work where the child is unreasonably confined to the premises of the
employer.
1.3 Implications of Ratification
Ratifying ILO Convention No. 182 requires countries to ‘take immediate and effective
measures to secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour as a
matter of urgency.’ The Convention and accompanying Recommendation No. 190 include
measures such as the following:
• Prevention and rehabilitation of children involved in the worst forms of child
labour and monitoring their progress.
• Developing action programmes for the prevention, removal, rehabilitation and
social integration of children through measures to address the educational,
physical and psychological needs of children.
• Giving special attention to vulnerable groups such as younger children, the girl
child, children in hidden work situations; children with special vulnerabilities or
needs.
• Cooperating with and assisting other states.
• Compiling and updating detailed information and statistical data on the nature
and extent of child labour to serve as a basis for determining priorities for
national action for the abolition of child labour, particularly for the prohibition
and elimination of the worst forms as a matter of urgency.
1.4 The ILO/IPEC Child Labour Programme
The ILO’s International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) includes:
• A ratification campaign for Convention No. 182
• Research, awareness and mobilization
• Technical assistance
• Action for equitable and sustained development.
• The Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child Labour (SIMPOC)
Against this background, the ILO through IPEC/SIMPOC, has been undertaking thirty-eight
Rapid assessments of the worst forms of child labour in twenty countries and one border area.
These investigations are being made through application of the Rapid Assessment
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