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

Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) - Saint Kitts and Nevis (Ratification: 2000)

Article 3 of the Convention. Worst forms of child labour. Clause (c). Use, procuring or offering of a child for illicit activities, in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs. The Committee previously noted an absence of provisions in the national legislation prohibiting the use, procuring or offering of a child under 18 years for illicit activities, in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs.

The Committee notes the Government’s statement in its report that a Cabinet submission has been made to address this issue. It once again reminds the Government that such activities are considered to be one of the worst forms of child labour and that, under the terms of Article 1 of the Convention, each Member which ratifies the Convention shall take immediate and effective measures to secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour as a matter of urgency. Observing that it has been raising this issue since 2004, the Committee strongly urges the Government to take the necessary measures, without delay, to ensure the adoption of specific provisions prohibiting the use, procuring or offering of children under the age of 18 years for illicit activities, in particular the production and trafficking of drugs. It requests the Government to provide information on any progress made in this regard.

Articles 3(d) and 4(1). Hazardous work. With regard to the adoption of the list of hazardous work, the Committee refers to its detailed comments under the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138).

The Committee is raising another matter in a request addressed directly to the Government.