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What are the key international regulations governing the
prohibition of child labour, and do you think they are successful?
What is child labour? Why child labour exists? Key international regulations Whether they are successful? conclusion
Introductions
Unicef defined child labour as the works that are considered harmful for a child and exceed a minimum number of hours
ILO defined child labour as, damage to children’s health, hamper their education and lead to further exploitation and abuse
ILO also defined the worst form child labour which includes using children in armed forces (i.e. In Africa) ,sexual exploitation like prostitution and pornography, illegal activities like trafficking of drugs etc.
What is child labour?
• One of the major reasons behind child labour is the poverty when children have no option left other than to work for their survivals
• In the developing countries when the government fails to provide the basic requirements for the children
• when the only earning member of he family dies or suffering from serious illness
• Natural calamity like Tsunami, cyclone, flood etc. Also drag children towards child labour
Why child labour Exists?
The UN published the children’s rights in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was adopted in 1989.
Article 32 stated that government need to recognise: the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation, likely to interfere with the child’s education, or to be harmful to the child’s health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.
Article 28 Every child’s right to education
Article 34 Governments must protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse.
What are the key international regulations?
European Union (EU) also decided in the meeting of council of Europe that the children rights should be protected in the EU policy and action.
EU emphasises that Child Labour is a legal obligation based in international treaties and conventions like convention on the Rights of the Child and ILO convention 138 and 182.
DRAWBACKS
The Laws on child labour may seem inadequate because even though more than130 country signed in the international conventions for not allowing children to work under 14 or 15 but to some countries these laws are still confusing or vague and not enforced.
The laws to regulate child’s health and safety at work are rarely enforced.
Poor infrastructure like systematic birth registration in the developing countries fails to recognise the actual age of the children and employers take advantage of such loopholes.
According to ILO Director general Juan Somavia reduction rate of child labour is not satisfactory i.e. From 2004 to 2008 only 3% reduction of child labour.
Whether these regulations are successful?
Achievements
The enforcement of Laws on child labour has been increased, for example, in UK Fast food giants McDonald’s have been fined £12,400 for allowing children to work there.
Even third world country like Bangladesh had also enacted the Labour Act in 2006 which prohibits employment of children under 14 years of age
Garment manufacturers of Bangladesh also put an end to the employment of children under 14 years in their 200 factories because there was a threat of boycott from the consumer countries.
Working children, aged 5-17 7.4 millionWorking children, aged 5-14 4.7 millionChild labourers, aged 5-17 3.2 millionChildren engaged in hazardous labour, aged 5-17
1.3 million
Child domestic workers 421,000Percentage of Children (aged 5-14) engaged in child labour (2007)
National Slum Tribal
12.8 19.1 17.6
Child labour in Bangladesh
What is the current situation?
Activity status of children 7-14 years in Sub-aharan Africa (the highest share worldwide of child labourers) in 2009
International key regulations had a great impact as it impliedly enforced governments to enact some laws in order to protect children from child labour.
The children of third world countries are the main victims, so its the duty of these international organisations and first world countries to help these children as their government cannot ensure the basic requirements of a child.
However, it will not be the wise to stop working of children, rather proper rehabilitation of their living will be more preferable
Conclusion
Websites:
Child Labour in Bangladesh (2010)< http://www.unicef.org/protection/files/Child_Labour.pdf >accessed 23rd october 2010
Child Labour (2010) < http://www.unicef.org/protection/files/Child_Labour.pdf> accessed 23rd october 2010
End Child Exploitation < http://www.unicef.org.uk/publications/pdf/ECECHILD2_A4.pdf> accessed 24thoctober 2010
Council conclusions on Child Labour (2010) <http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/115180.pdf > accessed 24th october 2010
New ILO global report on child labour (2010) <http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_126840/index.htm> accessed 25th october 2010
McDonald’s fined over child labour (2010) <http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal/search/commentarysubmitForm.do > accessed 26thoctober 2010
Child Labour in Bangladesh (2010) <http://www.bdix.net/sdnbd_org/world_env_day/2001/sdnpweb/sdi/international_day/childrens_day/bd&childlabour.htm> accessed 25th october 2010
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