Hazardous child labour is defined by Article 3 (d) of the 1999 International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention concerning the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Chil
June 22,2016
Violence Against Children at work
What do we mean by violence at work?
June 22,2016
Labour rights: Child labour and protecting working children
Not all working children perform activities that can be defined as child labour; yet there is a dominant view that all child work is somehow problematic.
May 26,2016
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)
May 26,2016
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
April 26,2016
Child Detention: a Deprivation of their Freedom
Children are regularly placed behind bars all throughout the world. More than a million are deprived of their freedom in this way.
April 21,2016
250 million children are working in the world
Today, close to 250 million children are working in the world. More than 150 million of these children are working in dangerous conditions.
April 21,2016
3000 children are victims of child trafficking everyday
According to estimates, every day 3000 children are victims of child trafficking.
April 21,2016
Poverty kills one child every 3 seconds
Each day, more than 30,000 children die of poverty-related causes. Today, poverty kills one child every 3 seconds.
April 20,2016
The meaning of the child and the rights of the children
Etymologically, the term “child” comes from the Latininfans which means ” the one who does not speak “.