Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2025, publiée 114ème session CIT (2026)

Convention (n° 138) sur l'âge minimum, 1973 - Angola (Ratification: 2001)

Article 1 of the Convention. National policy and application of the Convention in practice. The Committee notes with interest the Government’s indication, in its report, that the National Action Plan for the Eradication of Child Labour (PANETI) 2021–2025 was adopted, with a view to implementing, executing and monitoring strategies to combat child labour. It notes the Government’s information on the objectives of the PANETI, which include: (1) preventing and eradicating child labour through social welfare; (2) increasing access to education and vocational training programmes that are suitable for children; and (3) developing comprehensive measures to prevent and eradicate child labour. In this regard, the Committee notes, from the Government’s report to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), that the follow-up commission for the PANETI and its partners are working to reduce the number of cases of child labour nationwide through awareness-raising activities, outreach campaigns, case follow-up and protection of victims (A/HRC/WG.6/48/AGO/1, 30 October 2024, para. 164).

Further, the Committee notes from the 2023 Country Office Annual Report of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), that the Government: (1) is taking general measures to alleviate poverty through the expansion of its social protection programme, which provides cash transfers for vulnerable families, reaching 951,204 households; and (2) included, in the National Development Plan 2023–2027, the provision of cash transfers for children.

The Committee notes the absence of information provided by the Government in reply to its request for statistical data on child labour. It further notes, from the Government’s report under the UPR the information that according to the 2015–2016 multiple indicator health survey, 23 per cent of children were involved in child labour (A/HRC/WG.6/48/AGO/1, para. 162). The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the specific measures taken within the framework of the National Plan of Action for the elimination of child labour (PANETI) 2021–2025 to eliminate child labour and on the results achieved. It also requests the Government to provide information on any measures taken or envisaged to ensure that sufficient and up-to-date statistical data on the nature, extent and trends of child labour, including in the informal economy, is collected and made available.

Article 2(1). Minimum age for admission to employment or work. Family work and occasional work. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the absence of information provided by the Government on this point. It notes that contrary to the previous General Labour Law No. 7 of 2015, the new General Labour Law No.12 of 2023 no longer expressly excludes from its scope of application family work and casual work (section 2). The Committee requests the Government to confirm that children working within their family or in occasional work benefit from the protection of the Convention. Further, recalling the Government’s previous indication that regulations were being drawn up covering family work and occasional work with a view to guaranteeing protection to these categories of workers, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on any progress made in the development of such regulations.

Article 3(2). Determination of hazardous work. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that Presidential Decree No. 285 establishing the list of prohibited and restricted work for minors was adopted in 2022 and that it repealed the Presidential Decree No. 30/17 and Joint Executive Decree No. 171/10, which contained a list of 57 types of hazardous activities prohibited for children under the age of 18 years. The Committee notes that the Presential Decree now identifies 52 hazardous activities in 13 industries prohibited for children under the age of 18 years. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application in practice of Presidential Decree No. 285 of 2022, including statistical data on the number and nature of infringements reported and penalties imposed.

Article 9(3). Registers to be kept by the employer. Following its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s reiterated indication that Decree No.155 of 2004 requires enterprises to transmit to the Employment Observatory in the Ministry of Public Administration, Labour and Social Security an organizational chart and a list of the persons who work for them, known as the Inventory or Registry of Workers’ Names. The Government also once again states that a copy of the Decree is attached, but the Committee observes that no such decree has been attached with the report. The Committee once again requests the Government to: (i) indicate whether the Registry of Workers’ Names also contains the ages or date of birth of workers under the age of 18 years, as required by Article 9(3) of the Convention; and (ii) provide a copy of Decree No. 155 of 2004.