Child labor is a modern day crime that is prosecutable under national and international laws. Nevertheless, it is sometimes hard to enforce these laws like in an industry where the supply chain is fragmented, and the human trafficking and child labor is often out of sight of the authorities.
laws prohibiting child labor and setting age standards.
Minimum Age Convention 138 (C138), 1973
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"Adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 1973, C138 binds ratifying coutries to pursue a national policy for the abolition of child labor and to progressively raise the minimum age for employment or work to a level consistent with the fullest physical adn mental development of young persons. This minimum age should be 15 years, or the age reached by the completion of compulsory schooling. According to the convention, the minimum age for work that is likely to jeopardize the health, safety or morals of young persons is 18. To date, 144 countries have ratified C138, including Nepal in 1997. India and Pakistan are yet to ratify Convention 138.
As quoted from http://www.goodweave.org/
"Adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 1973, C138 binds ratifying coutries to pursue a national policy for the abolition of child labor and to progressively raise the minimum age for employment or work to a level consistent with the fullest physical adn mental development of young persons. This minimum age should be 15 years, or the age reached by the completion of compulsory schooling. According to the convention, the minimum age for work that is likely to jeopardize the health, safety or morals of young persons is 18. To date, 144 countries have ratified C138, including Nepal in 1997. India and Pakistan are yet to ratify Convention 138.
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), 1989
"The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights for children, including civil and political rights as well as economic, social and cultural. Article 32 states that children have the right to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development. The Convention is the most universally accepted human rights instrument in history and has been ratified by 192 countries––every country in the world except two, the United States and Somalia."
"The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights for children, including civil and political rights as well as economic, social and cultural. Article 32 states that children have the right to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development. The Convention is the most universally accepted human rights instrument in history and has been ratified by 192 countries––every country in the world except two, the United States and Somalia."
Youth Labor
The Department of Labor is the federal agency that monitors child labor and enforces child labor laws. The most used federal law that restricts the employment and or abuse of child workers is called the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Child labor laws under the Fair Labor Standards Act are designed to protect the educationial opportunities of young workers and prohibit the participation in jobs that could be detrimental to their health and safety. It restricts the number of hours that a child under the age of 16 years of age can work and lists occupations that are not suitable for young workers to preform. This act was passed in 1938.
The Department of Labor is the federal agency that monitors child labor and enforces child labor laws. The most used federal law that restricts the employment and or abuse of child workers is called the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Child labor laws under the Fair Labor Standards Act are designed to protect the educationial opportunities of young workers and prohibit the participation in jobs that could be detrimental to their health and safety. It restricts the number of hours that a child under the age of 16 years of age can work and lists occupations that are not suitable for young workers to preform. This act was passed in 1938.