Policy document
Child Labour Protection and Regulation
G - Tvisha ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This document discusses child labour as work that harms children's development, dignity, and potential. It identifies multiple underlying causes including poverty, economic exploitation, and societal attitudes. The document references legislation prohibiting child labour, specifically the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Bill enacted in 1986. It emphasizes that citizens have obligations to prevent child labour.
Key points
- Child labour is defined as work that deprives children of childhood, potential, dignity, and harms physical or mental development
- Multiple underlying causes identified: economic exploitation, poverty, large family size, compulsory education gaps, and societal views
- Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Bill was enacted in 1986
- Citizens have obligations to prevent child labour
Limitations
This document provides definitional and legislative information but does not evaluate any specific intervention or provide evidence about what actually works to prevent or reduce child labour. It does not present data, research findings, or outcomes of protection efforts.
Abstract
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. The employment of minors in any job that robs them of their childhood, potential, or dignity and is detrimental to their physical or mental development is referred to as child labour. It is a complicated problem with many underlying causes, such as economic exploitation, poverty, child labour as a cheap commodity, large family size, compulsory education, backwardness and societal views. There is a separate legislation that prohibits child labour. This Act was enacted in 1986, The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Bill. Every citizen should be aware of his or her obligations and take appropriate steps to prevent child labour.