Child Labor and Forced Labor Reports

Peru

Brazil Nuts/Chestnuts
Brazil Nuts/Chestnuts
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Bricks
Bricks
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Coca (stimulant plant)
Coca (stimulant plant)
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Fireworks
Fireworks
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Fish
Fish
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Gold
Gold
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Timber
Timber
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Peru
2022 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor:

Moderate Advancement

In 2022, Peru made moderate advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The government added all agricultural activities to its hazardous work list for children and passed a new law, which imposed higher fines for cases of commercial sexual exploitation as a result of human trafficking. The government also trained 300 judges on child labor laws and nearly 1,500 government officials on preventing and eliminating trafficking in persons and forced labor. In addition, the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labor Convention, 1930, entered into force during the reporting year. However, children in Peru are subjected to the worst forms of child labor, including in mining and in commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking. Children also engage in the production of rice and Brazil nuts. Peruvian law allows children ages 12 to 14 to do light work without specifying the activities in which children may work. Labor law enforcement agencies in Peru still lack sufficient inspectors and training to adequately address child labor, and the government did not provide complete information on labor law and criminal enforcement efforts against child labor.

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