Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Minimum Age (Underground Work) Convention, 1965 (No. 123) - Gabon (Ratification: 1968)

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Article 2 of the Convention. Prohibition on the underground employment of persons under a specified minimum age. The Committee notes the adoption on 19 November 2021 of Act No. 22/2021 issuing the Labour Code. It notes the Government’s indication in its report that, under section 214 of the Labour Code, work performed underground or in confined spaces is prohibited for children and young persons under 16 years of age, in accordance with Article 2 of the Convention.