Resources

Publications

• Combating trafficking in children for labour exploitation: A resource kit for policy-makers and practitioners – Pdf 3 MB
  ILO/IPEC, 2008

• Eliminating child labour: Guides for employers – Pdf 7.3 MB
  Guide One: Introduction to the issue of child labour
  Guide Two: How employers can eliminate child labour
  Guide Three: The role of employers’ organizations in combating child labour
  ILO/ACT-EMP and OIE, 2007

• Practical Guide to Child Labour Reporting – Pdf 1.2 MB
  ILO and ITC-ILO, 2006

• Tackling hazardous child labour in agriculture: Guidance on policy and practice – User guide – Pdf 2.3 MB
  ILO/IPEC, 2006

• Step Towards Determining Hazardous Child Labour: A toolkit of reference materials and practical examples – Pdf 18.8 MB
  ILO/IPEC, June 2006

• Monitoring Child Labour – Pdf 2.8 MB
  Overview of Child Labour Monitoring
  Guidelines for Developing Child Labour Monitoring Processes
  ILO/IPEC, 2005

• Training resource pack on the elimination of hazardous child labour in agriculture – Pdf 1.8 MB
  Book 1: A trainer’s guide
  Book 2: Training course activities for farmers
  Book 3: Additional resources for trainers
  ILO/IPEC, September 2005

• Gender Equality and Child Labour: A participatory tool for facilitators
  ILO, 2005

• Child Labour Statistics: Manual on methodologies for data collection through surveys – Pdf 0.7 MB
  ILO/SIMPOC, 2004

• Manual for child labour data analysis and statistical reports – Pdf 1.0 MB
  ILO/SIMPOC, 2004

• Promotion of Gender Equality in Action against Child Labour and Trafficking: A Practical Guide for Organizations – Pdf 2.7 MB
  by N. Haspels and B. Suriyasarn, ILO/IPEC and Subregional Office for East Asia, 2003

• Child Labour: An Information Kit for Teachers, Educators and their Organizations – Pdf 3.5 MB
  ILO/IPEC, 2003

• Time-Bound Programme Manual for Action Planning (TBP-MAP): complete kit (French version) – Pdf 24.9 MB
  Guidebook 1: How to use the Time-Bound Programme MAP
  Guidebook 2: Time-Bound Programmes for Eliminating the Worst forms of Child Labour – an introduction
  Guidebook 3: Creating the knowledge base for Time-Bound Programmes
  Guidebook 4: Overview of Time-Bound Programme policy options and interventions
  Guidebook 5: Overview of strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation of Time-Bound Programmes
  ILO/IPEC, 2003

• Combating child labour: A handbook for labour inspectors – Pdf 1.6 MB
  ILO/IPEC/SafeWork and IALI, 2002
• Supporting children's rights through education, the arts, and the media (SCREAM) – Pdf 8.0 MB
  Art Competition
  Basic Information
  Collage
  Community Integration
  Creative Writing
  Debate
  International declarations and conventionsand images of child labour
  Drama
  Interview and Survey
  Media Press
  Media Radio and Television
  Research and Information
  Role-Play
  The Image
  User's Guide
  World of Work
  ILO, 2002

• Non-formal education and rural skills training: Tools to combat the worst forms of child labour, including trafficking – Pdf 0.6 MB
  by H.C. Haan, ILO/IPEC and Footwear and Fishing Projects, May 2002

• Trade Unions and Child Labour – Pdf 110.4 MB
  Booklet 1: Guide to the Booklets
  Booklet 2: Union Policies and Action Plans to Combat Child Labour
  Booklet 3: Fact Finding and Information About Child Labour
  Booklet 4: Campaigning Against Child Labour
  Booklet 5: Collective Bargaining to Combat Child Labour
  Booklet 6: Using ILO Standards to Combat Child Labour
  Booklet 7: The Tripartite Structure to Combat Child Labour
  ILO, 2000

ILO Instruments

• ILO Constitution, 1919

• ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, 1998

ILO Conventions

• C138 Minimum Age Convention, 1973

• C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999

ILO Recommendations

• R146 Minimum Age Recommendation, 1973

• R190 Worst Forms of Child Labour Recommendation, 1999

UN Instruments

• Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989

• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 2000

• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 2000

Global Reports under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

• The end of Child Labour, 2006

• A Future without Child Labour, 2002

ILO Databases

• Applis: Database containing information on ratifications, comments of the Committee of Experts, and reporting schedule

• Ilolex: Database of ILO Conventions and Recommendations, ratification information, comments of the Committee of Experts and the Committee on Freedom of Association, discussions of the Conference Committee, representations, complaints, General Surveys, and related documents

• Natlex: Database of national laws on labour, social security, and related human rights

Links

• International Programme for the Elimination of Child labour (IPEC)