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Article 3

 

For the purposes of this Convention, the term the worst forms of child labour comprises:

(a)        all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as the sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and serfdom and forced or compulsory labour, including forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict;

(b)       the use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, for the production of pornography or for pornographic performances;

(c)        the use, procuring or offering of a child for illicit activities, in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs as defined in the relevant international treaties;

(d)       work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children.