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ACT
NUMBER: 1 IN THE YEAR 2000
REGARDING
RATIFICATION OF ILO CONVENTION NUMBER 182
REGARDING
VIOLATION AND IMMEDIATE ANTICIPATION FOR CHILD EXPLOITATION

(State Gazette Number 30 in the year 2000)

General Conference of International Labor Organization,

Have been invited to Jenewa by the Administrator of International Labor Office and after
its 87th convention on June 1, 1999, and
Considering the necessity of approving the new labor instrument to prohibit and abolish
all forms of child exploitation, as the main priority of the national and international
actions, including international cooperation and aid to accomplish the Convention and
Recommendation regarding the minimum age for employment, 1973, which is the
fundamental instrument regarding child labor, and
Considering, that the effective abolishment of all forms of child exploitation is necessary
to be executed immediately and comprehensively by taking into account the importance
of free elementary education and necessity of preventing the children from all forms of
child exploitation and to facilitate their rehabilitation and social integration by
considering their family demands, and
Recalling the resolution regarding abolishment of child exploitation that was received by
International Labor Conference on its 83rd convention in the year 1996, and
Observing that Child Exploitation is generally caused by poverty and that the long term
settlement is on the comprehensive economic growth towards social development,
especially poverty solution and basic education, and
Recalling the Convention regarding child Rights that was received by the General
Council of United Nations on November 20, 1989, and
Recalling the ILO Declaration regarding the essential Principe and rights on work with
the further action, that was received by the International Labor Conference on the 86th
convention in 1998, and
Recalling that several forms of child exploitation have already set on other International
Instruments, especially the Convention of forced labor, 1930 and supplementary
Convention of United Nations regarding slavery abolishment, slavery trade, slavery
institutions and similar activities, 1956, and,
After deciding to approve certain suggestion regarding Child Exploitation that was the
fourth point of the convention agenda, and;
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After stipulating that the suggestions shall be in the form of international Convention,
approving this convention of child exploitation forms on June 17, 1999.

Article 1
Each member who ratifies this convention shall immediately and effectively assure the
prohibition and abolishment of all forms of child exploitation as the crucial issue

Article 2
In this convention the word child refers to all people less than 18 years aged.

Article 3
In this convention the forms of child exploitation are:
a. Slavery or similar activity which is child trade, forced labor, including child
mobilization for an armed conflict;
b. exploiting, supplying or bargaining child for prostitution, porn production or
exhibition;
c. exploiting, supplying or bargaining child for forbidden activity, especially for
drugs abuse production and trade as set on the relevant international treaty;
d. Activity which may cause danger to the health, safe, or moral of the children.

Article 4
1. The types of activities as mentioned on article 3 (d) shall be regulated on act or
national Regulation or by the authorities after the consultation with related
organization entrepreneur and labor, by consideration of the relevant international
standard especially the 3rd and 4th paragraph of the Recommendation regarding
forms of child exploitation, 1999.
2. The authorities after the consultation with the related organization, entrepreneur
and labor shall identify locations of the activities.
3. The list of activities mentioned on the 1st paragraph of this article shall be restudied
gradually and revised if necessary, through consultation with the related
organization, entrepreneur and labor.

Article 5
After consultation with the related organization, entrepreneur and labor, every member
shall determine the appropriate mechanism to supervise the execution of regulations that
validates this convention.

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 Article 6
1. Every member shall establish and execute the action plans to abolish all forms of
child exploitation as the priority.
2. These action plans shall be established and executed through consultation with
Government Institution and the related organization, entrepreneur and labor, by
consideration from other related factions.

Article 7
1. Every member shall execute all necessary actions to assure the application and
effectiveness of these regulations, including the regulation and implementation of
penal sanction or other sanction as necessary.
2. By considering the significance of education in abolishing Child Exploitation, each
member shall execute the effective and scheduled actions for;
a. Preventing the children from any form of child exploitations;
b. Making strive effort to facilitate the children to have their rehabilitation and
social integration;
c. Assuring the free elementary school, and when possible and appropriate; the
vocational training for the children;
d. identifying and approaching the special risky children; and
e. Taking into consideration the special situation for the girls.
3. Every member shall assign the authorities for these regulations.

Article 8
Member shall cooperate in executing this convention regulation through relationship
strengthening and/or international aid including support for social development and
economy, poverty solution programs, and basic education.

Article 9
The official Ratification of this convention shall be delivered to the General Director of
International Labor Office to be registered.

Article 10
1. This convention is valid only for member of the International Labor Organization
whose ratification has already registered by the General Director.

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2. This convention is valid on the twelfth moth since the ratification of two members
of International Labor Organization is registered by the General Director.
3. Subsequently, this convention shall be valid for each member on the twelfth month
since the ratification is registered.

Article 11
1. Member who has ratified this convention may cancel it on the end of ten years
period by delivering information to the General Director of International Labor
Office to be registered. This cancellation shall not be valid until one year since
registered.
2. Every member who has already ratified this convention and within the first year of
the ten years end period discounting the cancellation rights as the regulation on
this article shall remain for next ten years and afterward may cancel this convention
on the end time of the ten years period as set on this article.

Article 12
1. The General Director of International Labor Office shall inform all members of
International Labor Organization regarding registering of all ratification and
cancellation issued by the member of organization.
2. In informing the member of organization regarding registering of second
ratification submitted, the General Director shall call for attention to all members
regarding the date of this convention ratification.

Article 13
The General Director of International Labor Office shall submit to the General Secretary
of United Nations to be registered in accordance with the article 102 of United Nations
Charter concerning all ratifications and cancellation registered along with the articles
above.

Article 14
On the appropriate occasion, Administrator of International Labor Office shall inform the
conference the report of this convention execution and shall consider the necessity to
draft all or partly of this convention modifications on the convention.

Article 15
1. when the conference approves the new modification convention except the new
convention states different, hence:

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 a. the ratification by the member of the new modification convention, legally
means the cancellation of this convention without reducing the regulation on
Article 11 above, when the new modification convention is valid;
b. Since the ratification of this new modification convention, this convention is
closed to be ratified by the member state. ;
2. When the member has ratified this convention not including the revision of this
convention, then this convention is still valid as its original outline and content.

Article 16
This convention script both in English and French has strength and authority of law.

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