Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) - Argentina (Ratification: 2001)

Article 4(1) of the Convention. Determination of the list of hazardous types of work. The Committee notes with satisfaction the adoption of Decree No. 1117/2016 determining the list of hazardous types of work prohibited for persons under 18 years of age. The Committee notes that this list includes: work underground, under water, at dangerous heights or in confined spaces; work with certain dangerous or heavy machinery and tools; exposure to hazardous chemicals; work which exposes children or young persons to noise, vibration, extreme temperatures, radiation, high concentrations of humidity or hazardous components; work involving exposure to hazardous biological agents; night work and overtime work; work in construction or involving the handling of asphalt; work with electricity; work in the production or sale of alcohol; and modelling involving eroticized images of children and young persons. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the effect given in practice to Decree No. 1117/2016, including the violations reported and penalties imposed.

The Committee is raising other matters in a request addressed directly to the Government.