Child labour – a violation of human rights

A study conducted by the ILO Bureau of Statistics found that "Children's work was considered essential in maintaining the economic' level of households, either in the, form of work for wages, of help in household enterprises or of household chores in order to free adult household memb...

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Published inVidhigya : the journal of legal awareness Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 46 - 48
Main Author Laxmi, Vijay
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Delhi Integrated School of Law Ghaziabad 01.01.2014
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Subjects
Age
Censuses
Child labor
Children & youth
Criminal statistics
Economic activity
Enforcement
Equal rights
Factories
Households
Human rights
Illiteracy
Labor law
Manual workers
Manufacturing
India
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Summary:A study conducted by the ILO Bureau of Statistics found that "Children's work was considered essential in maintaining the economic' level of households, either in the, form of work for wages, of help in household enterprises or of household chores in order to free adult household members for economic activity elsewhere"., in some cases, the study, found that a child's income accounted for between 34 and 37 percent of the total household income. According to Article 39(e), the tender age of children should not be abused and citizens should not be forced by economic necessity to enter vocations unsuited to their age and strength4.
ISSN:0973-3825
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