The Assembly therefore asks the Committee of Ministers to
recommend to member and observer States of the Council of Europe
to:
2.1 take urgent action under
the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2022-2027), the
European Social Charter (ETS Nos. 35 and 163 (revised)), the European
Convention on Human Rights (ETS No. 5, Article 4 banning slavery
and servitude), the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection
of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (CETS No. 201,
Lanzarote Convention), the Convention on Cybercrime (ETS No. 185,
Budapest Convention), the Council of Europe Convention on Action
against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No. 197), as well as the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on
the Worst Forms of Child Labour (Convention No. 182) of the International
Labour Organization and the Durban Call to Action on the Elimination
of Child Labour, in order to address the root causes of child labour
and effectively eradicate child labour, in particular the worst
forms of exploitation of children through forced work in sweatshops,
the sex industry, armed forces or criminal networks;
2.2 accede to the above-mentioned legal instruments if they
have not yet done so;
2.3 seize opportunities of co-operation with the European
Union, the International Labour Organization, the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development, the International Organization
for Migration and the United Nations Children’s Fund with a view
to accelerating global action to eliminate child labour.
