Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Jordan (Ratification: 1998)

Article 1 of the Convention. National policy and application of the Convention in practice. Following its previous comments, the Committee notes from the Government’s report the various measures taken to eliminate child labour. It notes that a national symposium entitled “Combating child labour as a national and human duty” was held in April 2014 in collaboration with ILO–IPEC, and the first National Conference against Child labour was held in June 2013 with the aim to promote child rights and to protect children from economic exploitation. In addition, several awareness-raising sessions on the importance of education, child rights and on eliminating child labour was organized for parents and employers. The Committee also notes the Government’s indication that through the Social Support Centre, 2,350 children were reached, including 1,450 children who were prevented from joining the labour market and an additional 414 children who were enrolled for vocational training.

The Committee further notes from the ILO–IPEC Report of the rapid assessment on Child Labour in the Informal Sector in three governorates of Jordan, 2014 that the project “Combating Exploitative Child Labour through Education” resulted in 2,400 children being withdrawn from child labour and 4,200 children prevented from participating in child labour. It finally notes from the ILO summary report of 2015, that the National Framework to Combat Child Labour (NFCL) 2011–16 which was implemented in six governorates has been extended to five additional governorates. The Committee encourages the Government to continue its efforts to combat child labour. It requests the Government to continue providing information on the measures taken within the NFCL to combat child labour and on the results achieved.