International framework

Has the country ratified ILO convention No. 138 (Minimum Age Convention)?

Has the country ratified international conventions protecting children from commercial sexual exploitation, trafficking and forced labour?
a) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
b) UN Convention for the Suppression of the Trafficking in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others
c) International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children
d) UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
e) ILO Convention No. 29 (Forced Labour Convention)
f) ILO Convention No. 105 (Abolition of Forced Labour Convention)
g) Protocol P029 to the Forced Labour Convention

Has the country ratified international conventions protecting children and young workers from hazardous work?
a) ILO convention No. 182 (Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention)
b) No. 155 (Occupational Safety and Health Convention)

Has the country ratified international conventions relevant to the protection of working conditions (including wages and working time)?
a) ILO Convention No. 95 (Protection of Wages Convention)
b) ILO Convention No. 131 (Minimum Wage Fixing Convention)
c) ILO Convention No. 100 (Equal Remuneration Convention)
d) ILO Convention No. 14 (Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention
e) ILO Convention No. 81 (Labour Inspection Convention)
f) International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
g) ILO Convention No. 111 (Discrimination in Respect to Employment and Occupation Convention)
h) ILO Convention No. 87 (Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention)
i) ILO Convention No. 98 (Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention)
j) ILO Convention No. 47 (Forty-Hour Week Convention)

Has the country ratified international conventions relevant to the protection of working conditions of working parents and caregivers?
a) ILO Convention No. 103 (Maternity Protection Convention (Revised)) or No. 183 (Maternity Protection Convention)
b) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

National framework

To what extent has the country implemented laws relevant to the protection of children's rights in the community and environment?

Does the national legislation provide a minimum age of full-time employment in line with ILO standards and stimulate a compulsory age of schooling?
a) Minimum age for full time work
b) Minimum age for light work
c) Compulsory age of schooling

Does the national legislation explicitly prohibit commercial sexual exploitation, trafficking of children, slavery and forced labour?
a) Prohibition of commercial sexual exploitation of children
b) Prohibition of child trafficking
c) Prohibition of slavery and forced labour

Does the national legislation explicitly prohibit hazardous work for children and young workers under 18 years of age (or 16 with strict conditions as per ILO Convention No. 182)?

Does the national legislation offer protections of working conditions (e.g. wages and working hours) for young workers, parents and caregivers?
a) Minimum wages
b) Working hours
c) Overtime

Does the national legislation provide maternity protection for working parents and caregivers in line with ILO standards?
a) Protection from unlawful dismissal during pregnancy and maternity leave
b) The right to return to work to the same or equivalent position
c) Duration of maternity leave per year (in weeks)
d) Maternity leave cash benefits (% of previous earnings)
e) Duration of paternity leave per year (in weeks)

Does the labour inspectorate have capacity to enforce labour laws, including child labour?
a) Does the number of labour inspectors comply with ILO recommendations
b) World Bank Control of Corruption Index

Is there evidence of government programmes to address all forms of child labour, provide safety nets and support youth employment?
a) Existence of government programmes (including National Action Plans) to prevent all forms of child labour
b) Spending on social safety nets programmes (total social safety nets, percent of GDP)
c) Coverage of social safety net programmes for the poorest 20% of the population
d) Adequacy of social safety net programmes for the poorest 20% of the population
e) Public social protection expenditure on benefits for children as a percentage of GDP
f) Children left in inadequate care, %
g) Share of NEETs (youth not in education, employment, or training) (% of youth population)
h) Is there evidence of targeted government programmes to improve youth employment opportunities?

To what extent are children under 15 years old involved in child labour?
a) Proportion and number of children aged 5‑14 years engaged in child labour
b) Proportion of children aged 5‑14 years engaged in child labour
c) Percentage of out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age
d) Percentage of out-of-school adolescents of upper secondary school age
e) Size of the informal labour market

To what extent are children involved in categorical worst forms of child labour (including the sale and trafficking of children; forced labour, sexual exploitation, etc.)?
a) Frequency of reported instances
b) Number of victims of human trafficking
c) Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day
d) Proportion of population below the international poverty line

To what extent are children and young workers employed under hazardous working conditions?
a) Prevalence of hazardous work by children and young workers
b) Frequency rates of fatal occupational injuries
c) Frequency rates of non-fatal occupational injuries

To what extent are there decent working conditions for parents, caregivers and young workers?
a) Wage levels (Average hourly earnings)
b) Average working hours
c) Proportion of time spent on domestic and care work
d) Flexible working hours

The extent to which working parents have maternity and paternity protections at work
a) Percentage of infants exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months

The Children’s Rights and Business Atlas is constructed using open-source data, prioritising data from reliable sources and acknowledged by national governments and intergovernmental agencies. Where such data was not available, data was obtained from reliable and well-respected academic and independent (i.e., business or non-governmental) sources.

Legal framework

ILO Committee of Experts, NORMLEX Information System on International Labour Standards. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:20010:0::NO:::

ILO TRAVAIL, 2012. Conditions of Work and Employment Programme: Working Conditions Laws Database. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/travail/travmain.home

ILO TRAVAIL, no date. Working Conditions Laws Database. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/travail/travmain.home ILO TRAVAIL, no date. Working Conditions Laws Database. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/travail/travmain.home

ILO, 2010. Maternity at Work. Review of National Legislation. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_124442.pdf

ILO, 2011. Children in Hazardous Work: What We Know, What We Need to Know. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@dgreports/@dcomm/@publ/documents/publication/wcms_155428.pdf

ILO, 2013. Working Conditions Laws Report 2012: A Global Overview. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---travail/documents/publication/wcms_235155.pdf

ILO, 2014. Maternity and Paternity at Work. Law and Practice Across the World. http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_242615.pdf

ILO, 2014. Minimum Wage Systems. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms235287.pdf ILO, 2014. Minimum Wage Systems. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms235287.pdf

ILO, 2016. LEGOSH: Occupational Safety and Health. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/legosh/en/f?p=14100:1000::::::

ILO, 2016. Measuring Decent Work. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/integration/themes/mdw/lang--en/index.htm

ILO, 2016. National Labour Law profiles. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/ifpdial/information-resources/national-labour-law-profiles/lang--en/index.htm

ILO, 2016. NATLEX Database of National Labour, Social Security and Related Human Rights Legislation. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex_browse.home

ILO, 2016. Ratification by Convention. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:12001:0::NO:::

ILO, 2016. Ratification of C138. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:11300:0::NO::P11300_INSTRUMENT_ID:312283

OHCHR, 2016. Reporting Cycles. Available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/Countries.aspx

OHCHR, 2016. Status of Ratification and Reporting. Available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx

UN Data, 2013. Maternity Leave Benefits. Available at: http://data.un.org/DocumentData.aspx?id=344

UN Treaty Collection, 2016. UN Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children. Available at: https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=VII-2&chapter=7&clang=_en

UN Treaty Collection, 2016. UN Convention for the Suppression of the Trafficking in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. Available at: https://treaties.un.org/PAGES/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=VII-11-a&chapter=7&clang=_en

UN Treaty Collection, 2016. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Available at: https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=IND&mtdsg_no=IV-11&chapter=4&lang=en

UN Treaty Collection, 2016. UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. Available at: https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XVIII-12-a&chapter=18&clang=_en

UN, 2014. Country Classification. Available at: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/wesp/wesp_current/2014wesp_country_classification.pdf

UNODC, 2014. Global Report on Trafficking in Persons. Available at: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/glotip.html

WageIndicator.org, 2018. Minimum Wages Around the World. Available at: https://wageindicator.org/main/salary/minimum-wage

World Policy Center, 2018, Child Labour. Available at: https://worldpolicycenter.org/topics/child-labor/policies

Enforcement

ILO NORMLEX, no date. Information System on International Labour Standards. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:20010:0::NO:::

ILO, 2006. Strategies and Practice for Labour Inspection. http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/gb/docs/gb297/pdf/esp-3.pdf

ILO, 2014. World Social Protection Report: Building Economic Recovery, Inclusive Development and Social Justice. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_245201.pdf

ILO, 2015. Number of Labour Inspectors. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/ilostat/faces/help_home/data_by_subject/subject-details/indicator-details-by-subject?subject=LAI&indicator=LAI_INSP_SEX_NB&datasetCode=YI&collectionCode=YI&_afrLoop=91197395736323#!%40%40%3Findicator%3DLAI_INSP_SEX_NB%26subject%3DLAI%26_afrLoop%3D91197395736323%26datasetCode%3DYI%26collectionCode%3DYI%26_adf.ctrl-state%3D9o8r1ue55_138

ILO, 2016. Performance of Labour Inspection Systems. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_dialogue/---lab_admin/documents/resourcelist/wcms_160321.pdf

ILO, 2016. Sex-Disaggregated Data on Labour Inspectors. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/labadmin/info/WCMS_160319/lang--en/index.htm

ILO, 2016. YouthPOL eAnalysis: Information System on Youth Employment Policies. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/youthpol/en/f?p=30850:1001:0::NO:::

ILO, no date. World Social Protection Report Data 2017-2019. Available at: http://www.social-protection.org/gimi/gess/Wspr.action

OECD Data, 2015. Youth Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET). Available at: https://data.oecd.org/youthinac/youth-not-in-employment-education-or-training-neet.htm

OECD, 2013. Local Strategies for Youth Employment: Learning from Practice. Available at: http://www.oecd.org/employment/leed/Local%20Strategies%20for%20Youth%20Employment%20FINAL%20FINAL.pdf

OECD, 2014. G20-OECD-EC Conference on Quality Apprenticeship - Country Information on Apprenticeships: Country Responses. Available at: http://www.oecd.org/els/emp/Youth%20questionnaire%20country%20responses-Compilation1.pdf

The World Bank, 2014. Data: Share of Youth Not in Education, Employment, or Training, Total (% of Youth Population). Available at: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.NEET.ZS

The World Bank, 2015. The State of Social Safety Nets 2015. Available at: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/415491467994645020/pdf/97882-PUB-REVISED-Box393232B-PUBLIC-DOCDATE-6-29-2015-DOI-10-1596978-1-4648-0543-1-EPI-1464805431.pdf

The World Bank, 2016. ASPIRE Indicators at a Glance. Available at: http://datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/~/indicator_glance

UN Data, 2017. Children Left in Inadequate Care. Available at: http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=SOWC&f=inID%3A240

UN, 2015. World Economic Situation and Prospects 2015. Available at: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/wesp/wesp_archive/2015wesp_full_en.pdf

US Social Security Administration, 2016. Social Security Programs Throughout the World. Available at: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/

World Bank, 2016. Control of Corruption Index. Available at: http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/#home

YouthPolicy.org, 2015. National Youth Policy Overview. Available at: http://www.youthpolicy.org/nationalyouthpolicies/

Outcomes

ECPAT, 2016. Country Reports. Available at: http://www.ecpat.org/resources

ILO NORMLEX, no date. Information System on International Labour Standards. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:20010:0::NO:::

ILO, 2014. Minimum Wage Systems. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_235287.pdf

ILO, 2016. Latest from the Work4Youth (W4Y) Project. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/employment/areas/youth-employment/work-for-youth/latest/lang--en/nextRow--10/index.htm

ILO, 2016. Resources on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/ipec/areas/CSEC/Resources/lang--en/index.htm

ILO, 2016. Wage Growth by Region - ILO modelled estimates. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/ilostat/faces/oracle/webcenter/portalapp/pagehierarchy/Page3.jspx?MBI_ID=8&_afrLoop=694576298160344&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=null#!%40%40%3F_afrWindowId%3Dnull%26_afrLoop%3D694576298160344%26MBI_ID%3D8%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3Dn6uqj3on4_96

OHCHR, 2016. Reporting Cycles. Available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/Countries.aspx

OHCHR, no date. Special Rapporteur on the contemporary forms of slavery: Country visits. Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Slavery/SRSlavery/Pages/CountryVisits.aspx

OHCHR, no date. Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography: Country visits. Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Children/Pages/CountryVisits.aspx

OHCHR, no date. Special Rapporteur on trafficking: Country visits. Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Trafficking/Pages/visits.aspx

SDG Indicators, 2017. Global Database. Number of Victims of Human Trafficking per 100,000 Population, by Sex, Age and Form of Exploitation. Available at: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database?indicator=16.2.2

SDG Indicators, 2017. Global Database. Proportion of Population Below the International Poverty Line, by Sex, Age, Employment Status and Geographical Location (Urban/Rural). https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database/?indicator=1.1.1

SECTT, 2016. Country Reports. Available at: http://globalstudysectt.org/

UN Stats, 2017. Average Hourly Earnings of Female and Male Employees, by Occupation, Age and Persons with Disabilities. Available at: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database/?indicator=8.5.1

UN Stats, 2017. SDG Indicator 8.7.1. Proportion and Number of Children Aged 5‑17 Years Engaged in Child Labour, by Sex and Age. Available at: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database/?indicator=8.7.1

UN Stats, 2017. SDG Indicator 8.8.1. Frequency Rates of Fatal and Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries. Available at: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database/?indicator=8.8.1

UN, 2016. Minimum Set of Gender Statistics. Available at: https://genderstats.un.org/#/home

UNESCO, 2017. Percentage of Out-of-School Adolescents of Lower Secondary School Age. Available at: http://tellmaps.com/uis/oosc/#!/tellmap/-1522571971

UNESCO, 2017. Percentage of Out-of-School Adolescents of Upper Secondary School Age. Available at: http://tellmaps.com/uis/oosc/#!/tellmap/406451723

UNICEF, 2016. Child Labour Data. Available at: https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-protection/child-labour/

UNICEF, 2016. The State of World’s Children. Available at: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/

Universal Periodic Review (UPR), no date. Database of UPR Recommendations and Voluntary Pledges. Available at: http://www.upr-info.org/database/

UNODC, 2014. Global report on trafficking in persons. https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/glotip.html (see ‘Country profiles’)

WCW Project. Understanding Children’s Work. Info by Country. Available at: http://www.ucw-project.org/info-country.aspx

World Bank, 2016. Poverty Headcount Ratio at $1.90 a Day (2011 PPP) (% of Population). Available at: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.DDAY?page=2

World Bank, 2017. Informal Employment (% of Total Non-Agricultural Employment). Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.ISV.IFRM.ZS

World Economic Forum, 2017, Global Gender Gap Index 2016. Available at: http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2016/rankings/