1. Group Members:
Thomas Gummer
Wai Yen Ng
Soon Lee Tan
Ian Kah Jun Wong
International Child Labour
Regulations; Pros and its
Successfulness

2. What is child labour?
Child Labour International Regulation
 Sustained/regular use
of a minor for labour
(often hazardous)
 United Nations
Convention On The
Rights of the Child
(CRC)
 International Labour
Organisation (ILO)
What key international regulations exist?

4. Pros of International Child Labour
Regulation
 Minimum age of employment
Source: Handbook for Parliamentarians No 3 (2002) – Eliminating the Worst Form of Child Labour

5. Pros of International Child Labour
Regulation
 Health and Safety Issues
o “Between 1993 and 2002, four children were killed whilst
working on farms in the UK” [UNICEF]
http://www.unicef.org.uk/publications/pdf/ECECHILD2_A4.pdf
 Deprivation of Education
 Deprivation of Leisure
 Ancillary risks; Trafficking
Children often
develop swollen
fingers and aching
backs working in
cramped conditions.
[BBC NEWS]

6. Pros of International Child Labour
Regulation
 Protection against Violence
Source: Video obtained from http://www.voiceseducation.org/category/tag/convention-rights-child

7. Evaluation of its successfulness
Proportion of Working Children aged between
5 - 14
Africa Approximately 41%
Asia Approximately 21%
Latin America Approximately 17%
Oceania Approximately 10%
Source: ILO Bureau of Statistics (1998).
 Failure to solve poverty

8. Evaluation of its successfulness
 Enactment of Treaties/Conventions (state
supremacy)
 Lack of enforcement (agencies/bodies)

9. Conclusion
 Numerous Organisations/Conventions/ International
Regulations aimed at preventing child labour exist
but….
 The battle continues!