Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62) - Peru (Ratification: 1962)

The Committee notes the information contained in the Government's report, as well as the statistics sent in conformity with Article 6 of the Convention.

Article 13, paragraph 2. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the provisions of section 61 of the Code of Children and Adolescents which prohibits employment of adolescents (persons defined in section 1 of the Code as between the ages of 12 and 18) in activities where their safety or the safety of others is subject to the responsibility of an adolescent. It also notes that, in virtue of the second paragraph of the same section 61 of the Code, a report on adolescents in activities dangerous and harmful to physical health is periodically established by the governing organization in coordination and consultation with trade unions (guilds) and enterprises. The Committee requests the Government to transmit a copy of the latest version of this text.