Any Member ratifying this Convention must take immediate and effective measures to ensure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, as a matter of urgency.

For the purposes of this Convention, the term "child" applies to all persons under 18 years of age.

For the purposes of this Convention, the expression " the worst forms of child labour shall include:

(a)

All forms of slavery or similar practices, such as the sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and servitude, as well as forced or compulsory labour, including forced or compulsory recruitment of children Use in armed conflicts;

(b)

The use, recruitment or supply of a child for the purpose of prostitution, the production of pornographic material or pornographic performances;

(c)

The use, recruitment or supply of a child for the purpose of illicit activities, in particular for the production and trafficking of narcotic drugs, as defined in relevant international conventions;

(d)

Work which, by their nature or the conditions under which they are exercised, is likely to affect the health, safety or morals of the child.

1. Types of work referred to in s. 3 (d) shall be determined by national legislation or the competent authority, after consultation with employers'and workers' organisations, taking into account relevant international standards, and in particular And s. 3 and 4 of Recommendation on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999.

2. The competent authority, after consultation with employers'and workers' organisations, shall locate the types of work thus determined.

3. The list of work types determined in accordance with subs. 1 of this article shall be periodically reviewed and, if necessary, revised in consultation with employers'and workers' organizations.

Any Member shall, after consulting employers'and workers' organisations, establish or designate appropriate mechanisms for monitoring the implementation of the provisions giving effect to this Convention.

Every Member shall develop and implement programmes of action with a view to prioritise the elimination of the worst forms of child labour.

2. These action programmes should be developed and implemented in consultation with the relevant public institutions and employers'and workers' organisations, where appropriate taking into account the views of other groups Interested.

1. Any Member shall take all necessary measures to ensure the effective implementation and compliance with the provisions giving effect to this Convention, including the establishment and application of criminal sanctions or, Other sanctions.

2. Every Member shall, taking into account the importance of education for the elimination of child labour, take effective measures within a specified period of time for:

(a)

To prevent children from being involved in the worst forms of child labour;

(b)

Provide for the necessary and appropriate direct assistance to remove children from the worst forms of child labour and to ensure their rehabilitation and social integration;

(c)

Ensuring access to free basic education and, where possible and appropriate, vocational training for all children who have been excluded from the worst forms of child labour;

(d)

Identify and direct contact with children who are particularly vulnerable to risks;

(e)

Take into account the special situation of girls.

3. Any Member shall designate the competent authority responsible for the implementation of the provisions giving effect to this Convention.

Members shall take appropriate measures to assist each other in order to give effect to the provisions of this Convention through enhanced cooperation and/or international assistance, including through measures to support development Social, economic and social, poverty eradication programmes and universal education.

The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to and registered by the Director General of the International Labour Office.

(1) This Convention shall bind only the Members of the International Labour Organization whose ratification has been registered by the Director General of the International Labour Office.

2. It shall enter into force twelve months after the ratifications of two Members have been registered by the Director General.

3. Thereafter, this Convention shall enter into force for each Member twelve months after the date on which its ratification has been registered.

1. Any Member having ratified this Convention may denounce it at the expiration of a period of ten years after the date of the initial entry into force of the Convention by an act communicated to the Director General of the International Labour Office And by registered him. The denunciation shall take effect only one year after being registered.

2. Any Member having ratified this Convention which, within one year of the expiration of the ten-year period referred to in the preceding paragraph, shall not make use of the right of denunciation provided for in this Article shall be bound For a further period of ten years and thereafter may denounce this Convention at the expiration of each ten-year period under the conditions laid down in this Article.

The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Members of the International Labour Organization of the registration of all ratifications and all acts of denunciation communicated to it by Members of the International Labour Organization. The Organization.

2. By notifying the Members of the Organization of the registration of the second ratification which has been communicated to it, the Director General shall call the attention of the Members of the Organization on the date on which this Convention enters into force Vigor.

The Director General of the International Labour Office shall communicate to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for the purposes of registration, in accordance with art. 102 of the Charter of the United Nations of 26 June 1945 ¹ , complete information about all ratifications and all acts of denunciation which it has registered in accordance with the previous articles.

Whenever it deems it necessary, the Governing Council of the International Labour Office shall submit to the General Conference a report on the implementation of this Convention and consider whether it should be included in the agenda of the Conference the question of its total or partial revision.

1. In the event that the Conference adopts a new convention for the total or partial revision of this Convention, and unless the new Convention provides otherwise:

(a)

Ratification by a Member of the new revision agreement would automatically entail, notwithstanding s. 11 above, immediate denunciation of this Convention, provided that the new revision agreement has entered into force;

(b)

From the date of entry into force of the new revision agreement, this Convention shall cease to be open for ratification by Members.

(2) This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its form and content for Members who have ratified it and which do not ratify the revised Convention.

The English and French versions of the text of this Convention shall be equally authentic.