The Convention will come into force on 19 November of this year. The reception, which is open to the press, will honour those countries that have ratified and seek to speed universal ratification of this core ILO Convention.
Many more ratifications are in the pipeline.
Convention No. 182 and its accompanying Recommendation No. 190 identify the worst forms of child labour as those which have a debilitating effect on the health, morals or psychological wellbeing of children and are likely to severely impede a child's normal growth into adulthood. These activities include work in dangerous industrial activities such as mining, or illegal activities such as prostitution, pornography and drug trafficking, work in extreme conditions of heat or cold, or work that involves exposure to hazardous substances and chemicals. The Convention requires States to ban such activities and to design and implement programmes of action to eliminate the worst forms of child labour as a priority. The new Convention is beginning to have a concrete impact on the lives of working children. Not only is it prompting policy and legislative changes, but, more importantly, it is leading to concrete action.