liberation for health reasons ;
the presidential pardon and remission of sentences during national events.
B. Reformation, mother‟s integration in the family and social rehabilitation
b1. Legislative, administrative and judicial measures
No measure has been taken in this direction concerning the mother.
b2. Limitations
Absence of legislative, administrative and judicial measures concerning the
convicted mother;
Insufficient means.
b3. Achievements
Article 30(f) of the Charter fills this lacuna. There are NGOs and associations which
operate at the level of women‟s section in detention centres and train these convicts in
tailoring and needlework.
f) Child exploitation and abuse
A. Economic exploitation, including child labour (article 15)
a1. Legislative, administrative and judicial measures
The Niger Labour Code, particularly Ordinance No. 96-033 of 29 June 1996 lays down the
conditions of child labour and prohibits the employment of children for work that is above
their capacity and that might be harmful to their health and development.
Article 32 of the CRC subscribes to the protection of the child from any work that is likely to
be harmful to his health, education and development.
Niger ratified ILO Convention 138 in 1978 on the minimum age of admission to
employment.
It also ratified ILO Convention 182 of 1999 on the worst forms of child labour.
Law No. 2003-025 of 13 June 2003 to amend Law No. 61-27 of July 1961 instituting the
Penal Code introduces new offences: the felony of genocide (section 208(1)) and slavery
(section 270(1) to 270(5) new of the Penal Code).
On 27 July 2005, Niger also subscribed to the memorandum of understanding on
multilateral cooperation in the fight against child slavery in West Africa.
a2. Limitations
The main difficulty stems from the poverty of parents;
Children are introduced too early to the job market;
The informal sector absorbs the vast majority of the children;
The instruments are hard to implement;
Society has its own perception of the notion of work;
Society has its own perception of the notion of children.
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