Country profile GIN
Context
Context
| Year | Age group | Proportion | Gender | Indicator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5-17 | 21.081 | Male | Proportion of children engaged in economic activity, by sex and age (%) | Source |
| 2016 | 5-17 | 17.813 | Female | Proportion of children engaged in economic activity, by sex and age (%) | Source |
| 2016 | 5-17 | 19.472 | Male & Female | Proportion of children engaged in economic activity, by sex and age (%) | Source |
| 2016 | 5-17 | 23.883 | Male | Proportion of children engaged in economic activity and household chores, by sex and age (%) | Source |
| 2016 | 5-17 | 24.503 | Female | Proportion of children engaged in economic activity and household chores, by sex and age (%) | Source |
| 2016 | 5-17 | 24.188 | Male & Female | Proportion of children engaged in economic activity and household chores, by sex and age (%) | Source |
National Legal Framework
National Legal Framework
| Provision | Legislation date | Convention | Legislation info | sources | Value | sort_order | Provision description | Legislation description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is the use, procuring or offering of children for illicit activities, in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs, prohibited? | 2019-12-30 | C182 | Children’s Code - Article 922 | [{"link_name":"Children\u2019s Code","source_link":"https://wwwex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/115226/GIN-115226.pdf"}] | Yes | 11 | C182 prohibits the use, procuring or offering of children for illicit activities in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs. | Article 922 of the Children's Code prohibits the worst forms of child labour and explicitely mentions recruitment, or offering of a child for illicit activities, particularly for the production and trafficking of drugs as defined by international conventions. Article 335 of the Penal Code addresses the criminalization of involving children in illicit activities. |
| Is the use, procuring or offering of a child for the purpose of prostitution and for production of pornography prohibited? | 2019-12-30 ; 2016-10-26 | C182 | Children's Code - Article 922 ; Penal Code - Articles 346 to 348, 350, 873 | [{"link_name":"-Children's Code","source_link":"https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/115226/GIN-115226.pdf"},{"link_name":"-Penal Code","source_link":"https://wwwex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/107329/GIN-107329.pdf"}] | Yes | 10 | C182 prohibits the use of a child under the age of 18 for prostitution, regardless of the child's consent. The use, procuring or offering of any person under the age of 18 for commercial sexual exploitation constitutes a worst form of child labour, even if prostitution is a legalised. In regard to the prohibition of child pornography, States need to make sure that national legislation addresses the involvement of a child in the production of pornographic materials, including non-recorded performances. | Article 922 of the Children's Code prohibits the worst forms of child labour and explicitely mentions the use, recruitment, or offering of a child for the purposes of prostitution, the production of pornographic material, or pornographic performances. Articles 346 to 348 of the Penal Code prohibit prostitution implicating children. Article 359 read together with 873 prohibit pornography implicating children. |
| Is forced or compulsory recruitment of children under 18 for use in armed conflict prohibited? | 2019-12-30 | C182 | Children’s Code - Article 433 and Article 922 | [{"link_name":"Children\u2019s Code","source_link":"https://wwwex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/115226/GIN-115226.pdf"}] | Yes | 9 | C182 defines forced or compulsory recruitment of children under 18 for use in armed conflict as a worst form of child labour. Nevertheless, C182 only prohibits the forced or compulsory recruitment of children under 18, and does not cover the voluntary recruitment of children under 18. | Article 922 of the Children's Code prohibits the worst forms of child labour and explicitely mentions the forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflicts. Article 433 of the Children's code also prohibits "the exposure and exploitation of the child in armed conflicts." |
| Is the sale and trafficking of children for sexual and labour exploitation prohibited? | 2016-10-26 | C182 | Penal code - Articles 323 and 324 | [{"link_name":"Penal Code","source_link":"https://wwwex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/107329/GIN-107329.pdf"}] | Yes | 8 | C182 defines all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as the sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and serfdom and forced or compulsory labour as worst forms of child labour. | Sections of the Penal Code relating to the sale and trafficking of children include Articles 323-324. These articles address various aspects of human trafficking, including the sale and exploitation of children. They cover offenses related to the trafficking of persons for labour and sexual exploitation, with increased penalties when the victims are children. |
| List of hazardous activities prohibited for children | 2019-12-30 | C138 & C182 | Children’s Code - Sections 918 and 925 | [{"link_name":"Children\u2019s Code","source_link":"https://wwwex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/115226/GIN-115226.pdf"}] | Yes | 7 | C138 and C182 require the national determination of a list of hazardous work prohibited for children under 18 years of age. The competent authorities should consult with workers' and employers' organizations to determine what types of employment or work are considered to be hazardous. Such a list shall be periodically examined and revised as necessary. | Sections 918 and 925 of the Children’s Code of 2019 refer to types of work that are prohibited for children. These provisions prohibit several types of hazardous work for children under 18 years of age. |
| Minimum age for hazardous work | 2014-01-10 | C138 & C182 | Labour Code - Article 137.4 | [{"link_name":"Labour Code","source_link":"https://wwwex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/96583/GIN-96583.pdf"}] | 18 | 6 | C138 and C182 set 18 as the minimum age for hazardous work, which is defined as work that, due to its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to jeopardize children’s health, safety or morals. C138 and C182 allow countries to permit hazardous work exceptionally as from 16, provided that the health, safety and morals of the young persons concerned are fully protected and that they have received adequate specific instruction or training. | Article 137.4 of the Labour Code prohibits hazardous work for children under 18. |
| Minimum age for admission to apprenticeship | 2014-01-10 | C138 | Labour Code - Article 142.4 | [{"link_name":"Labour Code","source_link":"https://wwwex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/96583/GIN-96583.pdf"}] | 14 | 5 | C138 does not apply to work done in school for general, vocational or technical education or in training institutions or work done by children at least 14 years of age in undertakings, where such work is carried out in accordance with conditions prescribed by the competent authority. Such work must be an integral part of: (i) a course of education or training for which a school or training institution is primarily responsible; (ii) a programme of training mainly or entirely in an undertaking, which programme has been approved by the competent authority; or (iii) a programme of guidance or orientation designed to facilitate the choice of an occupation or of a line of training. | The Labour code Article 142.4 sets the age for apprenticeship at 14 years |
| Is the minimum age for admission to work not less than the age for completion of compulsory schooling? | No information | C138 | No information | [{"link_name":"No information","source_link":"No information"}] | No information | 4 | C138 requires that the minimum age for admission to work shall not be less than the age of completion of compulsory schooling and, in any case, shall not be less than 15 years. | No information |
| Light work - Determination of types and conditions of activities | 2019-12-30 | C138 | Children’s Code - Section 929 | [{"link_name":"-Children\u2019s Code","source_link":"https://wwwex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/115226/GIN-115226.pdf"},{"link_name":"-CEACR Observation","source_link":"https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=1000:13100:0::NO:13100:P13100_COMMENT_ID,P13100_COUNTRY_ID:4303939,103018"}] | N/A | 3 | If the country chooses to allow light work, States must determine what activities are considered light work, and the hours and the circumstances under which they may be carried out. | Section 929 of the Children’s Code 2019 prescribes the maximum loads authorized for young workers under 18 years of age, without indicating working hours and conditions of employment or work for children. In its direct request on C138 adopted in 2022, the committee states'section 19 of the Bill which will prescribe working hours and conditions of employment or work for light work provides that, for children between 11 and 14 years of age, the working time may not exceed eight hours per day, the work must be carried out between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m., and a half-hour uninterrupted rest break must be provided every four hours. The Committee previously emphasized that any work that may extend to eight hours per day, irrespective of the type of work performed or the conditions in which it is undertaken, does not constitute “light work”. The Committee requests the Government to ensure that the amendment of section 19 will guarantee that the number of hours and conditions of employment for children working from the age of 13 years meet the requirements of the Convention for light work. ' |
| Minimum age for light work | 2019-12-30 | C138 | Children’s Code | [{"link_name":"-Children\u2019s Code","source_link":"https://wwwex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/115226/GIN-115226.pdf"},{"link_name":"-CEACR Observation","source_link":"https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=1000:13100:0::NO:13100:P13100_COMMENT_ID,P13100_COUNTRY_ID:4303939,103018"}] | 12 | 2 | C138 defines light work as work that does not interfere with children’s schooling, or their ability to benefit from it, and that is not hazardous. C138 allows countries to permit light work for children younger than the general minimum age. For countries that set the minimum age at 15, this means children aged 13-14, and for those that set it at 14, children aged 12-13 may engage in light work. | In its CEACR Observation adopted in 2022 on C138, the Committee notes that "the new Children’s Code 2019 sets the age for admission to light work at 12 years, as do sections 5–7 of Order No. 2791/MTASE/DNTLS/96 on child labour. In this regard, the Committee once again recalls that under Article 7(1) of the Convention, national laws or regulations may permit the employment or work of persons 13 to 15 years of age on light work which is: (a) not likely to be harmful to their health or development; and (b) not such as to prejudice their attendance at school, their participation in vocational orientation or training programmes approved by the competent authority or their capacity to benefit from the instruction received. The Committee once again urges the Government to take the necessary steps to ensure that the minimum age for admission to light work prescribed in the legislation is 13 years and, accordingly, to make the appropriate amendments to section 932 of the Children’s Code and to sections 5–7 of Order No. 2791/MTASE/DNTLS/96 on child labour" |
| Minimum age for admission to work | 2014-01-10 ; 2019-12-30 | C138 | Labour Code - Articles 121.4 and 137.5 ; Children's Code - Article 919 | [{"link_name":"-Labour Code","source_link":"https://wwwex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/96583/GIN-96583.pdf"},{"link_name":"-Children's Code","source_link":"https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/115226/GIN-115226.pdf"}] | 16 | 1 | C138 establishes 15 as the minimum age for work in general. Developing countries have the option of setting a minimum age of 14 as a transitional measure as they strengthen their education systems and economies. | Articles 121.4 and 137.5 of the Labour Code set the minimum age for admission to work at 16 years. This is consistent with Article 919 of the Children's Code. |
International Legal Framework
International Legal Framework
| Ratification status | Convention | Convention description | Date of ratification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| in-force | C182 | Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) | 06-JUN-2003 | Source |
| in-force | C138 | Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) | 06-JUN-2003 | Source |
Policies and Plans
Policies and Plans
| Description | sources | Period | Policy name | Implementing agency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extensive search of official sites did not provide evidence of any specific action plans or strategies specifically addressing child labour. | [{"link_name":"Source","source_link":"No information "}] | No information | No information | No information |