World Day Against Child Labour 2020 | UPSC

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted by the UN General Assembly on November 20, 1989.

• RATIFICATION : The scope of this convention — that India ratified in 1990 — extends to individuals up to the age of 18.
• Article 32 of the CRC : The parties (of the convention) recognise the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child’s education.

WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR 2020

• The World Day Against Child Labour in 2020 will be conducted as a virtual campaign and is being jointly organised jointly with international non-profit Global March Against Child Labour and the International Partnership for Cooperation on Child Labour in Agriculture.

THEME :

FOCUS : 

• The COVID-19 health pandemic and the resulting economic and labour market shock are having a huge impact on people’s lives and livelihoods.
• Unfortunately, children are often the first to suffer.
• The crisis can push millions of vulnerable children into child labour.
• There are an estimated 152 million children in child labour, 72 million of which are in hazardous work.
• These children are now at even greater risk of facing circumstances that are even more difficult and working longer hours.

VULNERABILITY :

• The children do not get any assistance from the government either.
• They grow up without education and no knowledge of their rights.
• Most of them do not own land.
• Several of them are homeless.

PREVALENCE OF CHILD LABOUR :

The Africa and the Asia and the Pacific regions together account for almost nine out of every ten children in child labour worldwide.