June, 12. Many of us celebrates our birthday, some celebrates wedding day, some celebrate farewell, Some celebrates their anniversary. But in this same day, many child lost their meals and lost their happiness and lost their parents and lost their freedom and lost their fundamental rights. This is so sad and cruel to our whole world. World day against child labour is not celebrated, it's just noted by some of the organisations in the world to relieve the child from bad forms of works. If you notice any bad forms in your surroundings you should help them for their better future.
Term;Child labour:
The term “child labour” is often defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development. It refers to work that:
is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children; and/or
interferes with their schooling by: depriving them of the opportunity to attend school; obliging them to leave school prematurely; or requiring them to attempt to combine school attendance with excessively long and heavy work.
Worst forms of child labour;
The worst forms of child labour as defined by Article 3 of ILO Convention No. 182 :
all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as the sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and serfdom and forced or compulsory labour, including forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict;
the use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, for the production of pornography or for pornographic performances;
the use, procuring or offering of a child for illicit activities, in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs as defined in the relevant international treaties;
work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children.
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