Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention - Predefined worst Forms of Child Labour

Predefined worst Forms of Child Labour

Convention 182 includes forms of child labour, which are predefined worst forms of child labour. They are also sometimes referred to as automatic worst forms of child labour.

The predefined worst forms of child labour are:

• all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as
  • the sale of a child;
  • trafficking of children, meaning the recruitment of children to do work far away from home and from the care of their families, in circumstances within which they are exploited;
  • debt bondage or any other form of bonded labour or serfdom;
  • forced or compulsory labour, including forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict;
• Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), including the use, procuring or offering of a child for:
  • prostitution, or
  • the production of pornography or for pornographic performances;
• use, procuring or offering of a child by others for illegal activities, also known as children used by adults in the commission of crime (CUBAC), including the trafficking or production of drugs
• work by its nature that is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children