The Department of Labor's 2006 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
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The TDA definition of the ‘worst forms of child labor’ is substantially similar to that contained in International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 182. The TDA and Convention 182 consider a ‘child’ to be a person under the age of 18. The definition includes as ‘worst forms of child labor’ all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, the sale or trafficking of children, debt bondage or serfdom; the forcible recruitment of children for use in armed conflict; the
commercial sexual exploitation of children; the involvement of children in drug trafficking; and work that is likely to harm children’s health, safety, or morals. This report contains profiles of 122 independent countries and a summary report on 19 nonindependent countries and territories.
