| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year 2000, the ILO projects that
there will be 0 economically active children between the ages of
10-14.
(ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
*
In 1995, there were 0 economically active children between the ages
of 10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Under certain conditions
children from 15 years onwards can engage in light work. (US
Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)
* Children above the
age of 7 years can participate in household-based labour and agriculture,
which are classified as family assistance. (US
Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)
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| Child
Slavery |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* No laws against
forced child labour are in force. No cases have been reported.
(US
Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)
|
| Child
Trafficking |
GENERAL NOTES AND
OBSERVATIONS
* It is believed that,
due to the large number of female Afghan refugees, Afghan women may be
the subjects of trafficking abroad using Tajikistan as the transit country.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
- |
| Children
in Crime |
- |
| Child
Soldiers |
COMBINED
NOTES
* Tajikistan's civil war, which ended in 1997, reportedly involved the
use of child soldiers under 18 by both sides.
(CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
*
An NGO submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child estimated
that some 3% of children had been involved in the armed conflict.
It did not specify with which side. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001 citing Alternative NGO report
on the implementation of the CRC in Tajikistan, 21/4/00)
NOTES
ON GOVERNMENT FORCES
*
It is not known if there are any under-18s in government armed forces
due to a lack of information on minimum voluntary recruitment age.
(CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
*
The situation of forced recruitment of young men has improved significantly
since the signing of the peace accords, and conscription has been
far more orderly since. (CSUCS,
Asia Report, July 2000, citing Implementation of the Helsinki Final
Act, April 1997 - March 1998, submitted to Congress on 12 August
1998)
* There are consistent
reports of forced conscription of young men under 18 years of age
from 1992 to early 1997. (Rädda
Barnen, Childwar database, citing Human Rights Watch, personal correspondence)
*
The situation of forced recruitment of under 18s was particularly
serious in 1995 and 1996. There were credible reports of young men
being rounded up in public places and being sent directly to the
front line, often with little or only minimal short-term training.
(CSUCS,
Asia Report, July 2000, citing Implementation of the Helsinki Final
Act, April 1997 - March 1998, submitted to Congress on 12 August
1998)
NOTES
ON OPPOSITION GROUPS
*
During the civil war, armed opposition groups recruited young boys
into their armed formations - according to some local traditions,
majority is reached at the age of 12 and boys are considered able
to fight from that age. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001 citing Reliable source that
requests confidentiality, 3/00)
NOTES
FROM PREVIOUS ARMED CONFLICTS
* During the
civil war, the opposition forces recruited young boys into their
armed groups. According to some local tradition, maturity is reached
at the age of 12 and boys are considered able to fight from that
age. (CSUCS,
Asia Report, July 2000)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
- |
Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Many children under
10 years of age work in the bazaars or sell newspapers or consumables on
the street. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
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