Children involved in unhealthy or arduous work
Failure to prevent or protect against

Type of entry: Potential Violation

Broader Terms:

Related Terms:

Other Related Terms (keywords):

  • Children
  • Special groups

See ESC right:

Occupational safety

Relevant ICESCR Articles:

10(3): Special measures of protection and assistance should be taken on behalf of all children and young persons without any discrimination for reasons of parentage or other conditions. Children and young persons should be protected from economic and social exploitation. Their employment in work harmful to their morals or health or dangerous to life or likely to hamper their normal development should be punishable by law. States should also set age limits below which the paid employment of child labour should be prohibited and punishable by law.

Related Documents:

Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; "Protocol of San Salvador"

African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

Convention on the Rights of the Child

European Social Charter


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