Each Member for which this Convention is in force undertakes to pursue a national policy designed to ensure the effective abolition of child labour and to raise progressively the minimum age for admission to employment or work to a level consistent with the fullest physical and mental development of young persons.
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
International Labour Organization
Document type
International treaty
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Children
Youth
Year
1973
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
ILO Convention No. 138, Minimum Age Convention (1973), Article 1.