Decision of Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour No. 1736 / (30 December 2004)

This decision bans the employment of children under the age of 15 and limits the types of work that children aged between 15 and 18 years can perform.[1]

With the issuance of Ministerial Decision No. 12 of 2010, it is unlawful to employ young men and women before they have completed their basic education or reach the age of 15 full years, whichever comes second.

[1] For more about these issues, see “Guide to Child’s Rights in Syria,” Norwegian Refugee Council and Syria Trust for Development, July 2023, https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/guidelines/legal-protection-of-children/syria-child-rights-guide_english.pdf; and “Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 44 of the Convention, Third and fourth periodic reports of States parties due in 2009, Syrian Arab Republic,” Committee on the Rights of the Child, June 2, 2010, https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/g10/426/93/pdf/g1042693.pdf.