| Total
Child Labour |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Children may and
do work in family-owned businesses, such as restaurants and small shops,
at all hours. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
|
| Child
Slavery |
- |
| Child
Trafficking |
- |
| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
- |
| Children
in Crime |
- |
| Child
Soldiers |
RECRUITMENT
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
* Military service
is not compulsory and the recruitment is apparently done only on
a voluntary basis. (CSUCS,
Africa Report, April 1999, citing "L'inéluctable autonomie de la
défense ivoirienne", Le Monde, 28 November 1998)
NOTES
ON GOVERNMENT FORCES
*
It is not known if there are under-18s in government armed forces
due to lack of information on the minimum voluntary recruitment
age. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001)
NOTES ON OPPOSITION GROUPS
* Front for the Restoration
of Unity and Democracy (FRUD), an armed group
created in 1991, is reported to have included many young men and boys.
(CSUCS,
Africa Report, April 1999, citing War Resisters' International, The CONCODOC
Project, 1998)
|
| Domestic
Child Servants |
- |
Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
SPECIFIC SECTORS
* Street Vending -
Many young girls are involved in selling goods on the street.
(EI, EI Barometer on Human and Trade Union Rights in the Education Sector, 1998)
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