The Convention on the Rights of the Child: UNESCO SHS

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The Convention on the Rights of the Child

The Convention on the Rights of the Child obliges governments to protect young people under the age of 18 from labour exploitation, from being exposed to hazardous work and from work that could interfere with education.

Two further conventions have been passed by the International Labour Organisation. Neither is fully respected. Convention 138 states that no child under the age of 15 can be employed in any economic sector. Convention 182 states that harmful or hazardous employment such as military combat, mining, pornography or prostitution is banned to all under the age of 18. • The Convention on the Rights of the Child • The International Labour Organisation - International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour


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