Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2020, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) - Tajikistan (Ratification: 2005)

Article 4(1) of the Convention. Determination of hazardous work. Following its previous comments, the Committee notes with satisfaction the adoption of the Government Decree No. 169 of 2014, which sets out the hazardous types of work prohibited to children under 18 years of age. In particular, the Government Decree No. 169 of 2014 contains an extensive list of the hazardous types of work in the different sectors of economy, such as mining, construction, agriculture, transport, metallurgical and chemical industries. It also sets out the maximum admissible weights that should be carried or lifted by young persons. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application in practice of the Government Decree No. 169 of 2014, including the violations reported and penalties imposed to perpetrators.

The Committee is raising other matters in a request addressed directly to the Government.