• Source: List of international instruments relevant to the worst forms of child labour




International instruments containing substantive provisions on all WFCL


Instruments defining worst forms of child labour (WFCL) and containing substantive provisions on all WFCL:

International Labour Organization
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention: Definitions, and main provisions, binding states that have ratified the convention
Worst Forms of Child Labour Recommendation: Recommendation supplementing the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, but not binding on ratifying states




Instruments containing substantive provisions on a number of WFCL


United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (although not using the term worst forms of child labour, since this was first coined in an international instrument in the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention)




Military use of children



Optional protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict in terms of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1261




Trafficking in children and child abduction



1921 International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children (1921)
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1949)
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (1990)
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1996)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (2000)
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (2000)




Commercial sexual exploitation of children



The most comprehensive international instrument focusing on Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) is the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (2000)
Other instruments are (in chronological order)

Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1949)
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (1990)
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1996)
Stockholm Declaration and Agenda for Action (1996)
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (2000)
Convention on Cybercrime (2001) of the Council of Europe
Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (2007)
Global Code of Ethics for Tourism




See also


Timeline of children's rights in the United Kingdom
Timeline of children's rights in the United States

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• List of international instruments relevant to the worst forms of child labour
• Trafficking of children
• Child labour
• Child prostitution
• Convention on the Rights of the Child
• International Labour Organization
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 1261
• Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
• Labor rights
• History of the Labour Party (UK)