Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) - El Salvador (Ratification: 2000)

Article 7(2) of the Convention. Effective and time-bound measures. Clause (b). Removing children from the worst forms of child labour and ensuring their rehabilitation and social integration. Child victims of trafficking. In response to the request for information on the measures adopted to remove and rehabilitate child victims of trafficking, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that the Unit of the Office of the Public Prosecutor that is specialized in the crimes of the unlawful smuggling and trafficking of persons coordinates with the respective Departmental Board for the Protection of Children and Young Persons in any criminal investigations involving children and young persons as victims with a view to providing them with the necessary protection. Victims of trafficking also receive specialized psychological assistance and support with a view to their inclusion in training programmes and productive activities. The Committee also notes that the Regulations issued under the Special Act to combat trafficking in persons (Decree No. 61 of 25 October 2016) provides in section 54 for the creation of hostels and specialized care centres for children and young persons who are victims of trafficking. The Committee requests the Government to continue supplying information on the measures adopted to provide the necessary and appropriate direct assistance to free children and young persons who are victims of trafficking, with an indication of the numbers who have been rehabilitated and socially integrated. In this regard, it also requests the Government to indicate the number of hostels and specialized care centres for children and young persons who have been victims of trafficking that have been established and the numbers of persons protected.

Clause (d). Children at special risk. Child domestic workers. The Committee previously noted the situation of boys and girls who work in the domestic sector under difficult and degrading conditions and requested the Government to take measures in this regard. The Committee notes that, according to data of the General Directorate of Statistics and Census provided by the Government, the percentage of children between the ages of 5 and 17 years engaged in child labour who were working in domestic service was 14.1 per cent in 2019, most of whom were girls or young women. It notes the Government’s indication that the number of boys and girls under 14 years of age engaged in household work who have been provided with assistance by Community Family Health Units was 9,676 in 2018, 8,980 in 2019 and 8,213 in 2020. The Committee requests the Government to provide more specific information on the measures adopted to remove and rehabilitate children engaged in domestic work under hazardous conditions.