Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2024, published 113rd ILC session (2025)

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

Article 3 of the Convention. Worst forms of child labour. Clauses (b) and (c). Use, procuring or offering of a child for the production of pornography or for pornographic performances and for illicit activities.Following its previous comments, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application in practice of section 409 of the Penal Code, as regards the use, procuring or offering of children for the production of pornography or for pornographic performances. It also once again requests the Governmentto provide information on the application in practice of sections 463 and 474 of the Penal Code with regard to the use, procuring or offering of a child under the age of 18 years for illicit activities, in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs.

Article 7(2). Effective and time-bound measures. Clause (a). Preventing the engagement of children in the worst forms of child labour. Access to free basic education. Following its previous comments, the Committee takes note of the Government’s information, in its report, regarding free and compulsory education from primary until secondary education. It further notes, from the 2023 UNICEF annual report on Libya, that efforts towards ensuring quality, inclusive education for all children continued, including the provision of education services in community centres, enrolment of out-of-school children, and rehabilitation of schools. Among other achievements, 3,091 out-of-school children accessed non-formal education classes and 19,517 children were supported through remedial classes, in partnership with the Ministry of Education. Moreover, as part of its longer-term response, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, UNICEF deployed the Learning Passport in Libya, an online platform tailored to meet the educational needs of Libyan children and ensuring continuous access to education. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the effective and time-bound measures to improve the functioning of the education system in the country and to facilitate access to free basic education for all children. It requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken in this regard, as well as updated statistics on the enrolment and drop-out rates at primary and lower secondary levels.