National Policy on elimination of child labour in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to adopt and implement the National Policy on elimination of child labour in the country, which is essential in regaining the GSP+ from the European Union. 

Sri Lanka has agreed to eliminate child labour at Global Child Labour Conference in 2010 held at Hague, Netherland and there has been a decrease of 50% in use of child labour from 2008/2009 to 2015/2016 indicating the ability of eliminating child labour in Sri Lanka. 

Moreover, the above national policy is essential in regaining the GSP+ of European Union, the government said. 

Accordingly, the proposal made by Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations, W.D.J. Seneviratne, to adopt and implement the said policy, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.