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1. Each Member shall take all necessary measures to ensure the effective implementation and
enforcement of the provisions giving effect to this Convention including the provision and
application of penal sanctions or, as appropriate, other sanctions.
2. Each Member shall, taking into account the importance of education in eliminating child
labour, take effective and time-bound measures to:
(a) prevent the engagement of children in the worst forms of child labour;
(b) provide the necessary and appropriate direct assistance for the removal of children
from the worst forms of child labour and for their rehabilitation and social integration;
(c) ensure access to free basic education, and, wherever possible and appropriate,
vocational training, for all children removed from the worst forms of child labour;
(d) identify and reach out to children at special risk; and
(e) take account of the special situation of girls.
3. Each Member shall designate the competent authority responsible for the implementation of
the provisions giving effect to this Convention.
A RTICLE 8
Members shall take appropriate steps to assist one another in giving effect to the provisions of
this Convention through enhanced international cooperation and/or assistance including support for social and economic development, poverty eradication programmes and universal
education.
ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, (1999) No. 182
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