2005 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Tokelau (self-administering territory of New Zealand)

Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 2005 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Tokelau (self-administering territory of New Zealand), United States Department of Labor, 29 August 2006, https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/usdol/2006/en/34152 [accessed 19 April 2024]
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There is limited information regarding the extent and nature of child labor and the quality and provision of education in non-independent countries and territories eligible for GSP, AGOA, and CBTPA benefits. These countries and territories generally are not eligible to become members of the ILO, so ILO Conventions 138 and 182 do not apply to any of them.5132 Territories are subject to laws of the sovereign country.

Statistics on the number of working children under age 15 in Tokelau are unavailable.5194 Information is also unavailable on the incidence and nature of child labor. Education is compulsory for 12 years, or up to age 16.5195 Primary school enrollment and attendance rates are not available for Tokelau.

5132 ILO official, e-mail communication to USDOL official, January 31, 2002. Most of the areas covered in this summary report are considered by the ILO to be non-metropolitan territories and therefore, are ineligible to become members of the ILO. An ILO member can submit a declaration to the ILO requesting that these conventions apply to their non-metropolitan territories. See ILO, Constitution; available from http://www.ilo.org/public/english/about/iloconst.htm.

5194 This statistic is not available from the data sources that are used in this report. Please see the "Data Sources and Definitions" section for information about sources used.

5195 UNESCO Institute for Statistics, National Education Systems.

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