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Labor Rights Violations Submitted By: Colombia Child labor is a very large issue in Colombia and other countries. About 16% of the 250 million children between the ages of 5-14 are involved in child labor. Hazardous child labor is the worst form of child labor with an estimated 115 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 being involved. It is very challenging to detect child labor because many children lack birth certificates. It is also common that children are subjected to work out of factories. In turn, the children are subjected to drug trafficking, child prostitution, and dangerous and unhealthy activities in agriculture including farming, fishing, aquaculture, forestry, and livestock. Labor rights violations also include sweatshops. Many instances of this violation have gone undetected because they are often monitored by inspectors that are paid by the industry. Factory management appointed more time to make sweatshops look more acceptable, hide the child workers and train the adults on what to say to the inspectors. Other types of labor rights violations include involuntary slavery, unsanitary working conditions, threats, violence, sexual abuse, and working long hours with insufficient wages. Workers in some Chinese factories are forced to work for 95 hours a week for only 6.5 cents per hour. The UN is determined to help end child labor and sweatshops. To do this they have issued Convention No. 182 to alleviate child labor violations. This convention issues specific requirements, such as requesting governments to ban all forms of slavery, child prostitution, and the use of children for illicit activities, especially drug trafficking. The UN has also established a World Day against Child Labor, calling for legislative and policy reforms to ensure the elimination of child labor along with providing adequate conditions for workers of age. Some other possible solutions include assurance that governments apply convention in both law and practice. They should be encouraged to introduce action programs to remove and prevent the worst forms of child labor, along with providing direct assistance for the rehabilitation for the children and their social integration. Governments need to grant children’s access to free education. They also need to identify children at a special risk and consider the issue of girls living in other countries. In order to achieve a proper working world, it is also crucial that legislation is passed to rise the legal age for employment to at least 16. Developing countries should also establish minimum wage to follow international standards. In conclusion the development of these laws will make for a much better life for children involved with child labor and give them a chance to grow up and learn like a normal child should. The passing of these laws will also help alleviate the estimated 22,000 killed each year from being involved with hazardous child labor.
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(scholastic.com) Children were used as workers because their size helped them move in small spaces in factories or mines and wherever else adults wouldn't fit. Also, children could be paid less than adults and were most often easier to control. Machines replaced hand labor in the late 1700s and early 1800s for making most manufactured items. Factory owners had children operating machines because it didn't require adult strength. Most of these factories were sweatshops, which violate two or more labor laws. In other words, the conditions were extremely poor. Sweatshops do not make poverty less severe and these children miss out on an education, and often times become ill. Although, the worst of it all is the helplessness of these children. Action needs to be taken by those that do have authority. The number of countries where established underage labor poses "extreme risks" to children has increased by ten percent in the year 2012, including 76 of the 197 nations studied. Even the U.S., which is ranked 141st, is said to present a "medium risk", along with Cuba, Georgia, and Kuwait, according to businessinsider.com. In Costa Rica, the majority of working minors are employed in agriculture, street vending, and other commerce. Nearly 41,000 work in trades that are prohibited for minors. (www.ticotimes.net). According to the National Household Survey, at least 47,000 children under 18 work in Costa Rica, and their access to education is greatly affected. This is relatively low compared to other Latin American countries, but this goes to show that the problem is found everywhere, even if it is especially prominent in certain places. The labor in Costa Rica is most visible in the city, where goods are sold on the streets, however the greater number is "invisible" where children perform agricultural work in rural areas. Costa Rica has activated several initiatives since 2010 as a law reform that now allows the Ministry of Labour officials to conduct inspection in homes. In 2013, Costa Rica made an important advancement in trying to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Costa Rica passed an anti-trafficking law and reinforced its laws against the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Costa Rica's government's child labor coordinating body has offered services to more than 600 former child laborers, and multiple agencies remained investing in social protection programs. Besides these efforts, children in Costa Rica are still engaged in labor in agriculture. Social programs cannot reach all child laborers, and the number of labor inspectors and criminal prosecutors still remain insufficient. Despite this, child labor is an obstacle that can be combated globally. Trade unions are joining with families and community organizations to fight child labor and transition children out of work, and into school. If parents earn enough money from their own jobs to adequately be able to support a family then they won't need to send thief children to work, but either way it should be mandatory for all children to attend school. All employers should only be able to hire those over the age of 16. Certain rules should apply to avoid a conflict with attending school. Enacting these laws would make significant progress toward the goal of ending child labor for good. Bibliography Yellowitz, Irwin. The Reader's Companion to American History. Eric Foner and John A.Garraty , Editors, Copyright 1991 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company http://www.history.com/topics/child-labor https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-sweatshops U.S. Department of Labor | Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210 http://www.dol.gov/ilab/issues/child-labor/ "Child Labor." Reviewed by Milton Fried. The New Book of Knowledge. Grolier Online, 2014. Web. 26 June 2014. (use the date you accessed this page) http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/history-child-labor U.S. Department of Labor | Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210 http://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/costa_rica.htm http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/child_labor.html McKenna, Luke. 2012 http://www.businessinsider.com/countries-worst-child-labor-risks-2012-1 Hunt, Katie. CNN, 2013 http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/15/world/child-labor-index-2014/ Arias, L. 2014 http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/06/08/strategy-aims-to-eliminate-child-labor-in-costa-rica-by-2020 TCRN STAFF. Costa Rica Headlines, 2013 http://thecostaricanews.com/47000-under-18-child-labor-workers-in-costa-rica Ethiopia The UNICEF’s policy on child labor is to request that all forms of child labor is banned. In Ethiopia, child labor is outlawed for children under the age of 14 and children between the ages of 14 and 18 aren’t allowed to do any jobs that are dangerous or possibly harmful, however Ethiopia hasn’t done much to actually solve the problem of child labor, and child labor is still going on. The government is working on a plan to remove the worst forms of child labor, though. One of the things the people have done is trying to put educational activities into places where children work. Luckily, Maria Hussein, a Community Conversations facilitator who’s trying to get her community to send children to school along with their jobs, says that “Now parents have some level of awareness about the importance of education. It’s not that all children quit work. They are expected to resume their duties once school is finished. But there’s less absenteeism from school because parents are allowing them to go.” A possible solution to the problem of child labor is for the country to Ethiopia to create the policy of children having to go to school. Then, the child labor may slowly disappear over time and be replaced with education. The policy would probably distract people from making their children work, so that they can go to school instead. Of course, the people trying to make children go to school along with their jobs would have to go to the prime minister, asking him to make the law. Also, the ethiopian government would have to make sure that law and the other child labor laws are being enforced. But, if all of that happens, then child labor will probably end in that country. Works Cited "Combating Child Labor in Ethiopia." International Rescue Commitee. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2014. "Ethiopia." Infoplease. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2014. "http://www.ilo.org/ipec/Regionsandcountries/Africa/WCMS_101163/lang--en/index.htm." ILO. N.p., 22 Dec. 2008. Web. 13 Dec. 2014. Submitted by: Haiti Strongly concerned Haiti pleads for the signing on UN’s The Convention on the Rights of the Child to be signed in all countries especially including those with the domestic issue of having children being forced into labor and being put to work in sweatshops. Haiti as a nation has adopted (without a vote) The Convention on Rights of a Child (June 1995) and has tried before to strengthen the convention but has failed due to a lack of a functioning parliament. Modern day economy has been being powered by supply and demand. Corporations are constantly struggling to fulfill orders and meet deadlines. Many countries also have resorted to an unnecessary means of obtaining labor to meet these demands. As stated in The Convention on the Rights of the Child that all child exploitation (forcing underage children into the workforce) should be strictly prohibited in all countries. Large corporations such as Nike, Wall-mart, J.C. Penney, and Forever 21 are some of the main abusers on child exploitation due to a large demand. Almost all children especially females are at high risk of danger in the sweatshops. According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Section 2 Number 22 states that all are called upon to develop and implement programs and policies to protect children at these high risks. Not only the high risk of danger from sweatshops but also exploitation and abuse, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, child sex tourism, and child abduction. Haiti is a country with child labor problems because most of Haiti lives in poverty it is difficult for parents to take care of their children so they are forced to give their children to host families who make the children slaves and servants. Many organizations however have been implemented to help Haiti and this issue. To conclude Haiti suggests that large companies not meeting the large demand should resort to finding other means of labor such as employing people that are living in poverty. Using children as employees is an unnecessary and revolting thing to do. Even though there are not many ways to stop poverty causing much child labor or child labor by itself, Haiti highly encourages large companies and host families not to use children as slaves or servants. Works Cited
Submitted by: Iraq School: Monticello Middle This essay I will be talking about Labor Rights and violations of Iraq. It’s a major problem that needs to be fixed really quickly. People have been doing their best to try to help Iraq get better ‘labor wise.” It’s not easy but anybody can do it. That’s just the beginning of my essay. Labor is all about money and work/business. Iraq has to do with 189 economies of medium and small domestic businesses. This data was recently recorded in June 2014. On average the Iraq businesses hire up to 60 employees. That’s a lot of employees for maybe just small or big jobs. Iraq was taking an “economy survey.” It applies to both individuals and all together as a group total. The maximum days worked on a weekly basis is 6 days that’s pretty much your whole week. The highest U.S/$ in a month is 103 dollars. And finally the percent of rest on a daily basis at work is 50%. Which means you really sleep on the job half of the time you are at work. Those were a lot of decent facts about Iraq. All Iraq has to do is put their mind to it and they can have a good economy like most other countries. Would you want your country to lose money or have a really bad economy? RESOURCES http://www.cia.gov, the World Factbook, June 22, 2014 http://www.doingbusiness.org , Iraq, 2014 Submitted By: Kenya School: Monticello Middle School Imagine you’re child in Kenya; you want a good education, you want food, a nice place to live and everything else a child your age might want. “But you found out you have to work - forced to work for low wages in unsafe working conditions! Main problems faced by children in Kenya are: Poverty, Health, Education, Violence Against Children, Child Labor, Child Refugee, Detention of Children, Child Marriages and right to Identity. “Kenya is the victim of extreme poverty and half of its population lives below the poverty line, on an average of $2 (US dollars) or less per day. “ The high poverty rate exerts its most extreme effect on the welfare of children, limiting them access to healthy foods, medical care, education and protection of their basic freedoms. President Jomo Kenyatta (of Kenya), “You and I must work together to develop our communities to get the education to our children, to have doctors, to build roads and to improve day to day essentials.” "The 1998/'99 Child Labor Report", concludes that many children in Kenya were in the workplace, often under hazardous conditions, despite the legal provisions and intervention programs put in place to combat child labor. The reported document, which outlined the results of an extensive survey carried out by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of the Ministry of Finance and Planning on the state of child labor, placed the number of children working in Kenya at any one time at 1.3 million. In countries experiencing high poverty rates and high levels of unemployment big companies often use these conditions to mis-use and under-pay workers for their profit. These people have rights and they need decent wages and safe working conditions. “A Sweatshop is any business that uses child labor, pay below minimum wages, or creates an unsafe work-place,” says Darlene Atkins of the National Consumers League. Today most sweatshops employ adults and undocumented immigrants. In developing countries (The Third World) child labor is often used in sweatshops. Sweatshops often have poor working conditions, unfair wages, unreasonable hours, child labor and a lack of benefit for workers. Products that commonly come from sweatshops are shoes, clothing, rugs, coffee, chocolate, toys and bananas. According to the National Labor Committee, women sewing NBA jerseys make 24 cents per garment that will eventually sell for $140. Men and women alike are subjected to verbal, physical and sexual abuse in factories from their managers and supervisors. They are sometimes trapped in the factory and forced to work overnight or across multiple shifts. Workers are sometimes forced to surrenders their passports for employment and not returned until they leave for home. Some of the worst offenders of Sweatshops are: Nike, J.C. Penny’s, Amazon, Wal-Mart, J.Crews, Forever 21, Ikea, Sears, Adidas, Kohls, Kraft, Nestle, Apple, Microsoft, GAP, Samsung, Starbucks, Victoria Secret, Toyota and many others. These Companies should pay workers based income generated by their services
Work Cited "Children in Kenya - Children Rights." N.p., n.d. "Convention on the Rights of the Child." UNICEF -. N.p., n.d. News From Africa - About Us." News From Africa. N.p., n.d.. "11 Facts About Sweatshops." 11 Facts About Sweatshops. N.p., n.d. Web. ""Jomo Kenyatta" Child Labor." N.p., n.d. Web. "Sixty Big Name Brands Continuing to Use Sweatshop Labour." TheJournalie. N.p., n.d Luxembourg About six percent of 150 million children from ages 5-14 are involved in child labor. Child labor is such an important topic that World Day Against Child Labor is devoted to preventing and ending child labor. This day was also created to help kids get a good education. When kids are involved in child labor, they are deprived from an education. Children are also abused while being a part of child labor. Luxembourg did not report of any news child labor in 2005-2012. Luxembourg is a very small country. Women in Luxembourg earn only fifty-five cents for every dollar earned by men. However, Luxembourg has almost none of the social issues that trouble and negatively affect other countries. Luxembourg has a very stable economy with almost no unemployment and rules that stop employers from having gender discrimination. Education is free for everyone from ages six to age fifteen. In Luxembourg, child laboring is not an issue that plagues the country, therefore, Luxembourgers can work together to stop child laboring in other countries. A country that child laboring is very negatively affected by child laboring is Myanmar. Because Myanmar is struggling with this issue and Luxembourg is almost free from it, Luxembourg is willing to help Myanmar and countries with the same issue. Luxembourg, a child laboring free country and a country like Myanmar can work together to stop child laboring one country at a time. Namibia
Every day, young children are forced into long hours of dangerous work in hazardous conditions. Child labor can be found in almost any country world wide. Either the kids go out looking for work themselves, or are forced into it either by family members or employers. Sometimes they are even kidnapped, or trafficked, so that they do not need to work for money. Kids can work in mines, fields, factories and sweatshops, prostitution, domestic work, almost any kind of job, children can be found doing them. It is suspected that around 250 million children are in child labor today. Big corporations can profit from these cheap work conditions, and stores like Forever 21, J.C Penny, and Walmart will sometimes exploit this. Most children in work do not receive any education and then again, they are stuck in underpaying jobs when they grow up. Often when a child's family is either deceased or very poor, children have to work in order to provide for themselves and their families. Factories are able to schedule inspections in advance in order to avoid exposing children that are employed. The childhood dreams and lives are sucked out of these poor innocent kids, and it needs to end. One country in particular when child labor is a very big problem, is Namibia, and they mean to fix it. In 1999, it was estimated that approximately 16.3% of children between ages 6-18 were employed in work in Namibia. The worst and biggest issue, is children working in agricultural fields; it can be extremely hazardous to the kid's physical health, not to mention the emotional and mental stress on such young children. Other forms of labor include prostitution, domestic work(mainly girls), and making charcoal. Namibia sees child labor as the huge problem that it is, and strives to end it. In 2006, It planned to make an action program to address it, called the Action Program on the Elimination of Child Labour in Namibia. They also have a section in their constitution that prohibits children under the age of 16 to do hazardous work, or that might harm them mentally/emotionally. The government ratifies many conventions such as the ILO Minimum age Convention, the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention, and the UN Convention on the rights of a child. Also, although it hasn't yet been ratified, Namibia signed the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of a child. The country has realized that it needs to raise awareness of the growing problem ands wants to put an end to it. There are several ways to stop or at least reduce child labor. I personally think that if school was required until the age of 16, then that would minimize the problem. If children get educated, they are more likely to get better, more well paying jobs, relieving them of their poverty. Then, their children will not need to work to earn money for the family. If all of the children get more and more educated and get better jobs, then the whole town in which they live will no longer live in poverty. Also, if school required, people could report if they see a child working during the day when it is law that they be at school. Because most work places can schedule inspections, it would help a lot if there were random checks. This would reduce the chance that the employers could hide the children, and get these kids out of the dangerous situations. As long as Namibia continues to work on its problem, there is still time to change for the better.
"Backround Guide: UNICEF." Cleveland Council on World Affairs. Web. 11 Dec., 2014 "Child Labour in Namibia." - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, n.d. Web. 11 Dec., 2014. Mapaure, Clever. "Child Labour: A Universal Problem from a Namibian Perspective." (N.d.): 201+. Web. 11 Dec., 2014. Saudi Arabia Child labor is a developing issue in Saudi Arabia. Currently, many children work as beggars on the street. Adults put children on the streets to in order to gather money from people who believe that they are helping a child in need. The King commissioned a study on the matter of child labor. It was discovered that the national child labor rate is surprisingly high at just under 1.54% (Hakeem). By region, the eastern province is the worst with a 2.3% child labor rate (Hakeem). Each day, more and more children are made to beg one the streets. However, this, although the largest source of child labor, is not the only. Saudi Arabia was one of the last to ratify Child Labor Convention 138, and has showed some reluctance to dealing with the issue. Child labor is a growing issue in Saudi Arabia, although the government seems to be making progress. Saudi Arabia has made progress over the last few decades concerning human rights, including child labor. Saudi Arabia was the 167th nation to ratify convention 138. Convention 138 lays out rules for how old one must be to do certain kinds of work. The Saudi Arabian law conforms to the convention although the law is not strongly held as child labor continues to be a problem. The accepted version of the convention allows for children to work after reaching age 13, one year below the conventions decision. The ratification of the convention may have been a response to the 2008 reports on child labor in Saudi Arabia. The report showed that 1.54% of children work and labeled some of the primary reason to be economic issues. There are 83 thousand homeless children in the capital city, Riyadh. Of the child beggars’ mothers, 88% of them are illiterate and only 9% have a certificate for elementary school (Khan). The majority of child labor seems to be an issue due to poverty. Saudi Arabia thinks that child labor is an issue stemming from poverty and that the only way to eliminate the problem by decreasing the number of children who are raised in families without a steady sources of income. This could be accomplished in many ways. The most favorable is to create more jobs for lower class parents so children can grow up without having to support the family. If the responsibility of supporting the family were no longer shared with the children then the number of child beggars would drop. Child support programs would also help the many homeless children in families that cannot support them. To move kids from the streets to orphanages would lower the number of children that end up working at young ages. These solutions could lower child labor rates, although the main issue is the economy, if there are no jobs for the lower class, then child labor is the only way for families to survive. Saudi Arabia believes that child labor rates will go up or down depending on the jobs available. Works Cited: Jawhar, Sabria S. "Showing Child Labor the 'red Card'" Arab News. Arab News, 8 Dec. 2014. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. "C138 - Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)." Convention. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2014. Al Hakeem, Mariam. "Child Labour 'has Spread throughout Saudi Cities'" Gulf News. Gulf News, n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2014. Ali Khan, Ghazanfar. "Child Labor Becoming a Problem in Saudi Arabia." Arab News. Arab News, 6 Sept. 2008. Web. 16 Dec. 2014. Maki, Reid. "As Saudi Arabia Ratifies Child Labor Convention 138, the Child Labor Coalition Urges the U.S. to Ratify Now." National Consumers League. N.p., 24 Feb. 2014. Web. 16 Dec. 2014. "2011 Human Rights Reports: Saudi Arabia." U.S. Department of State. U.S. Department of State, 24 May 2012. Web. 16 Dec. 2014. "Highlights 21 October 2013 AM - Saudi Arabia." Highlights 21 October 2013 AM - Saudi Arabia. N.p., 21 Oct. 2013. Web. 16 Dec. 2014.
The modern day economy is predominantly characterized by consumerism, with many different companies struggling to fulfill needs in order to thrive. Unfortunately, the amount of workers needed to support the company's needs are becoming harder to come by, so many corporations are resorting to inhumane uses of child labor. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), child labor can be defined as "work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development." The ILO says that child labor refers to work that is mental, physical, social, and/or morally dangerous or potentially harmful to children. Children are often the easiest to exploit as workers, because they can be manipulated into working for extremely low wages. In fact, Sierra Leone has an average income rate that is one of the lowest in the world, with more than half the population living off less than $1.25 (US dollars) per day (http://cotni.org/where-we-serve/sierra-leone). Because of the lack of money, many children are forced to go into child labor in an attempt to provide for their families. However, most children are forced to work long hours for extremely low wages, and often under dangerous circumstances. “All child labour, and especially the worst forms, should be eliminated. It not only undermines the roots of human nature and rights but also threatens future social and economic progress worldwide. Trade, competitiveness and economic efficiency should not be a pretext for this abuse.”-Toolkit for mainstreaming employment and decent work/United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (ILO, Geneva, 2007). There are many steps currently in action to help reduce child labor rates in Sierra Leone, and many standards have been set. Some such standards include a minimum working age of 15 [Article 125 of the Child Rights Act (2007); Article 52 of the Employers and Employed Act Chapter 212 (1960); Regulation of Wages and Industrial Relations Act of 1971], and a minimum working age in hazardous areas of 18 [Article 128 of the Child Rights Act; Article 48 and 55 of the Employers and Employed Act Chapter 212 (1960); Acts 170 and 164 of the Mines and Minerals Act (2009)]. The number of children forced to work around the globe is alarming. In fact, children under the age of 18 represent 40-50% of all forced labor. From that 40-50 percent, kids from 5-17 years of age are forced to work for low wages and many in hazardous conditions. Juan Somavia, ILO Director-General stated that, “No to child labour is our stance. Yet 215 million are in child labour as a matter of survival. A world without child labour is possible with the right priorities and policies: quality education, opportunities for young people, decent work for parents, a basic social protection floor for all..." This quote emphasizes that the United Nations does have an action plan, and will use it to attempt to counter the use of child labor. Sierra Leone would like to partner itself with the United Nations and to enact these steps of action against the use of child labor. Sierra Leone would like funding from the United Nations to build schools in major cities such as Freetown, Bo, Kenema, Makeni, Koidu, and a few other highly populated towns and villages. Additionally, Sierra Leone would like to ask for 15 staff members per school to help teach the children. Once the children have been educated, they can go on to help teach the school. Not only would this help provide children with education, it would open many job opportunities and help decrease the number of children forced to go into child labor to provide for their families. Yet another benefit of these schools would be that over time, the social standards in Sierra Leone would be raised significantly. There are a few barriers that keep many children from attending school such as poor sanitation, unsafe school conditions, and travel costs (to and from school). To help eliminate the barriers, we would like to ask for further funding from the United Nations for school transportation (buses, cars, etc.) and cleaning supplies. Sierra Leone understands and appreciates that there are companies trying to thrive in our economy. While we whole-heartedly support these organizations we also must protect the future of our children. We would like to partner ourselves with the United Nations in order to protect the present and future children of Sierra Leone and those of other countries around the world. Resources "Resources for Speakers, Global Issues, Africa, Ageing, Agriculture, Aids, Atomic Energy, Children, Climate Change, Culture, Decolonization, Demining, Development, Disabilities, Disarmament, Environment, Food, Governance, Humanitarian, Refugees, Women." UN News Center. UN. Web. 2 Dec. 2014. "Sierra Leone." Children of the Nations. Web. 2 Dec. 2014. "Sierra Leone." Economy: Population, GDP, Inflation, Business, Trade, FDI, and Corruption. Web. 2 Dec. 2014. "Sierra Leone." Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor -. Web. 2 Dec. 2014. Submitted by: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland By common definition a sweatshop is a workplace where the workers are extremely exploited. Some of the major industries that utilize sweatshops are in toys, chocolate, rugs, bananas, coffee and clothing. Most children work for big corporations like Forever 21 and Nike. In many developing countries there are children participating in illegal labor shops. Worldwide there are over 168 million of these children. This problem has gone down by about 50 million children in the last 10 years according to the United Nations World Day Against Child Labor. Some countries with the worst of this problem are: “ Algeria, Bhutan, Dominica, Oman, South Sudan, and Venezuela.” Sweatshops tend to move around the globe to make the biggest profit with the least amount of expenses on the “companies” part. Many countries have laws protecting children from this forced labor but sweatshops are still occurring all around the world, this is a problem that need a strong solution. According to the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child it states that all forms of child exploitation should be strictly prohibited. It also says the “Governments should protect children from work that is dangerous or that might harm their health or education.” The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland believes that no child should have to suffer through the tireless and low paying work days in sweatshops. The United Kingdom has strict laws for child labor such as no child under 13 can work at all. Children 13-16 can only have part-time work and and when a child is 16 or 17 they can only work a maximum of 40 hours a week. We strongly believe that all forms of child exploitation are extremely wrong and should be diminished as quickly as can be effectively achieved. There are very few sweatshops in the United Kingdom, but we still understand the huge problems they cause. Delegate Bob Last of the United Kingdom stated that “ The rights of a child could not supersede those of adults.” We believe that Mr.Last meant that the rights of children are important but the rights of adults are no less important. Thus though children are worked overly hard in sweatshops so are the adults. We need to close these sweatshops not just for the children but also for all the adults. The UK proposes that all countries should stricken their labor laws. We also believe that countries that have the money and resources should help to find, shut down and prosecute the owners of sweatshops around the globe. These countries should also help to get the workers back on their feet. In conclusion all sweatshops, child labor, and forms child exploitation are against the basic nature of human rights. We need to rid the world of these terrible injustices. We believe that it will take a global effort to completely put an end to this problem. We also acknowledge that it is going to be nearly impossible to abolish all sweatshops, but the first step in this issue is to acknowledge the problem and to build awareness. There are not many ways to stop these heinous crimes, because they are persistent and they are very good at staying under the radar. Helping these nearly 168 million children to have normal, healthy lives is a basic right that anyone should have as a human. Works Cited "Asia & the Pacific." Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor -. N.p., 2014. Web. 16 Dec. 2014. http://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/asia.htm The Brookings Institution. N.p., 2014. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. http://www.brookings.edu/search?start=1&q=child Convention on the Rights of the Child. Rep. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2 Sept. 1990. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CRC.aspx Convention on the Rights of the Child. Rep. N.p.: n.p., n.d. United Nations Bibliographic Information System. Web. 10 Dec. 2014. http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N09/615/0t7/PDF/N0961507.pdf?OpenElement "UNBISnet." UNBISnet. N.p., 2014. 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