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World Day Against Child Labour (12 June 2007)
 Each
year the World Day Against Child Labour has often focused on one of
the “Worst Forms of Child labour” listed in Convention No.182,
starting with the Unconditional Worst Forms, such as child trafficking.
This was then followed by child domestic work and then child labour
in mining last year. The event is aimed at mobilizing people around
the world against child labour and its worst forms, reflecting local
cultures and customs, while encouraging the participation of authorities,
the media, civil society and the public at large.
This year the World Day Against Child Labour focuses on
the elimination of child labour in agriculture. Worldwide, agriculture
is the sector where the largest percentage of working children is found
- nearly 70 percent. Over 132 million girls and boys aged 5 to 14 years
old often work from sun up to sun down on farms and plantations, planting
and harvesting crops, spraying pesticides, and tending livestock.
News
Philippines: Making future harvests without child labour(12.06.07)
World Day Against Child Labour to focus on elimination of child labour in agriculture(12.06.07)
Lessons learned from combating child labour in Turkey(8.11.06)
UN Secretary-General's study urges action to stop violence against children(12.10.06)
Agriculture accounts for 70 percent of child labour worldwide(15.09.06)
Prevention efforts too little, too late; prosecution of traffickers not sole solution(1.09.06)
Vietnamese and Chinese children share views and concerns on cross border trafficking(29.08.06)
Domestic workers abused worldwide(27.07.06)
Child labour robs children of childhood, impedes development(13.06.06)
World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June 2006(12.06.06)
World Day against Child Labour 2006: ILO to wave red card against child labour(9.06.06)
New ILO Report shows marked decline in child labour worldwide(4.05.06)
Indonesia: Girls working as domestics face abuse(21.06.05)
Efforts to end child labour must focus on education(13.06.05)
ILO urges ban on child labour in small-scale mines and quarries(10.06.05)
Useful links
ILO
Web site on Child Labour
ILO
Report "The end of child labour: Within reach" (May 2006)
Stop Human Trafficking web site (Anti-Slavery International)
Human Rights Watch World Report 2002-Children's Rights
Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)-Child Labour
International treaties on children's rights, particularly child labour:
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Text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
- Simplified version of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
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ILO Convention (No. 138) concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
(1973)
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ILO Convention (No. 182) concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor (1999)
Selected learning materials
Conversation
about child labour and the right to education with the UN Special Rapporteur
on the Right to Education (15 June 2005)
Employers'
Handbook on Child Labour
Fields of Hope: Educational Activities on Child Labor. Teacher's Guide
"How
to Protect Human Rights?" Lesson Plan: Children's Rights in the UN System
of Human Rights Protection (Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights,
Poland)
Study
Guide on the Rights of Children & Youth
Teaching for Human Rights: Grades 5-10
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