Meaningful Efforts:

• Adopted new laws that strengthen legal protections for children from the worst forms of child labor.
• Expanded investigations, prosecutions, and convictions, and imposed penalties related to the worst forms of child labor.
• Leveraged international partnerships to address child labor across supply chains.

Challenges and Existing Gaps:

• Lack of adequate personnel and financial resources, resulting in gaps in enforcement of minimum age protections.
• Incomplete data related to labor and criminal law enforcement efforts.
• Insufficient scope of social programs to fully address the child labor problem.