The new ILO convention is focused on banning the ''worst forms of child labour'' such as child slavery, forced labour, trafficking, debt bondage, serfdom, prostitution and pornography, as well as various forms of hazardous and exploitative work. The new international norms will not reduce the relevancy of existing instruments, but will more specifically analyse the measures necessary for eliminating dangerous child labour, prevent minors from participating in such forms of work, remove them from high risk situations and provide the support needed for their rehabilitation and social reinsertion. Societies are unwilling to admit that they continue harbouring slavery, but in many parts of the world large numbers of children are trapped in that extreme form of exploitation. Tens of millions of people in the world are submitted to slavery and bondage, a significant proportion of them children, the global body pointed out. The ILO described the sexual exploitation of children as one of the most brutal forms of violence against children, the most disturbing aspect of which is the fact that the phenomenon appears to be expanding.
Child prostitution tends to be intertwined with exploitation in pornography.
According to the UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, one million children in Asia are victims of the sex trade, often in conditions described as ''indistinguishable from slavery.'' Hazardous working conditions can have devastating effects on the health and development of children, who are more vulnerable to and suffer a heavier impact from work hazards. States that ratify the draft convention presented by the ILO are to enforce the ban on child labour for all minors under the age of 18. The signatory states are also to adopt measures to immediately prohibit and eliminate the worst forms of child labour, create monitoring mechanisms, adopt action plans and ensure enforcement, including penal or other sanctions. The states will also assume the commitment of taking measures for prevention, removal, rehabilitation and social reinsertion of the minors in question, and to take into account the particular situation of girls. During the ILO conference, governments will be recommended to draft and implement national action plans aimed at identification and reporting of the worst forms of child labour.