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Child labour: A shame of the human society
Susmita Roy Adak ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This document discusses child labour as a serious social problem in India and other developing countries, framing it as a violation of children's fundamental rights under international conventions including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and ILO conventions. The document defines child labour as the engagement of children under 14 years in full-time or part-time paid work, and argues that control of child labour requires individual responsibility for reporting violations and effective government enforcement with public support.
Key points
- Child labour is defined as full-time or part-time engagement of children under 14 years in profitable earning
- Child labour violates children's fundamental rights to optimal development and protection from economic exploitation as established in UNCRC (1989), ILO Minimum Age Convention (1973, No. 138), and ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999, No. 182)
- The document distinguishes between primary labourers (working 183 days or more) and secondary labourers (working less than 183 days)
- Control of child labour requires both individual action (reporting child labour) and effective government function with public support
Limitations
The document is primarily a descriptive commentary without empirical data, research findings, or analysis of interventions. It does not present evidence on the prevalence, impacts, or effectiveness of any specific solutions to child labour.
Abstract
Child labor has been an international concern because it damages, spoils and destroys the future of children. The problem of child labor is a serious matter not only in India but also its other developing countries. It is great social problem. Children are the hope and future of a nation. Yet, there are millions deprived children in our country who have never known a normal, carefree, childhood. Child labour is increasingly addressed as a violation of children's fundamental rights to optimal developments and protection from economic exploitation as enshrined in universal instruments and standards establish specifically in the united Nations convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), 1989, ILO's Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (N0.138) and the Worst of child labour Convention, 1999(No.182) as well as a socioeconomic imperative for a country's growth and development According to an organization of census, those are called labor who is engaged fully in profitable earning. The laborers who work for 183 days or more than this are primary laborers and the laborers working less than 183 days are secondary labourers. Child labour refers to children's (less than 14 years) fulltime or partime engagement with profitable earning. The social malady of child labour can be brought under control, if each individual takes responsibility of reporting about any one employing a child below the age of 14 years. And also, child labour can be controlled if the government functions effectively with the support of public.