Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Peru (Ratification: 2002)

Article 3(3) of the Convention. Admission to hazardous work from the age of 16 years. The Committee previously noted that, under section 57 of the Children and Young Persons Code, night work by young persons between 15 and 18 years of age might be permitted on an exceptional basis by a judge if it did not exceed four hours per night. The Government indicated that the Bill to amend the Children and Young Persons Code stipulated that an exception to the ban on night work laid down in section 57 might be authorized for young persons aged 16 years and over, on condition that the work did not exceed four hours during the period from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

The Committee notes the indication that the new Children and Young Persons Code has not yet been adopted. The Committee expresses the firm hope that the Bill to amend the Children and Young Persons Code will be adopted as soon as possible so as to guarantee that only children and young persons over the age of 16 years may be authorized to carry on night work between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. for a limited period of time, thereby respecting the conditions laid down in Article 3(3) of the Convention. It requests the Government to provide information on any progress made in this respect.