International labour organisation has sponsored the two key instruments of international law. Firstly, the 1973 minimum age convention 138 establishes the obligation for countries to work towards a minimum age of 15 for legal employment. Secondly the 1999 convention 182 for elimination of the worst forms of child labour calls on governments to identify the incidence of such child labour, backed by national plans for its elimination. The international organisation aims to eliminate child labour by 2016, backed by its ten year global action plan drawn up in 2006[1].
I think the key international regulations are not effectively enforced. We have to cross miles to save child from child labour. The key international regulations are only in the form of books, to obtain better result we have to enforce those regulations in a proper way. We have to ensure all children to get quality education before their minimum age of employment, we have to encourage cash transfer program and school meals, we have to eliminate poverty[2], unless the above mentioned steps are taken we cannot control child labour.
[1] Oneworld.net causes of child labour<http://uk.oneworld.net/guides/childlabour?guclid=CNnh2NeSgquCFU1H4wodImlbNQ> accessed on 2-11-10
[2] International Labour Organisation the state of child labour today <http://www.ilo.org/global/about_the_ilo/media_and_public_information/ feature _stories/lang--e> accessed on 3-11-10
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