Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1992)

Part III of the report form. Labour Inspectorate. The Committee notes that the Council of Ministers adopted Order No. 20 of 9 February 2000 on the State Labour Inspectorate in the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. According to sections 1 and 8 of Order No. 20 of 2000, the State Labour Inspectorate carries out State supervision of compliance with the provisions of the Labour Code, including those relating to working conditions, supervision of working time regulations and safety at work of persons under 18 years of age. The Committee notes, however, that the Committee on the Rights of the Child, in its concluding observations of 17 March 2006 (CRC/C/AZE/CO/2, paragraph 61) expressed its concern at the high number of children working in the State, especially in rural areas, and that the regulations protecting children from exploitative and hazardous work are not consistently applied and respected. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged in order to improve the application of the Convention with regard to labour inspection on child labour.