CHILD LABOUR AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN

PAKISTAN

Presenter: M.USAMA MANSOOR

ID: 110603010

WHAT IS CHILD LABOUR?

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.

IT REFERS TO WORK THAT:

Is mentally, physically, socially or

Morally dangerous and harmful to children

Interferes with their schooling by:

Depriving them of the opportunity to attend school

Obliging them to leave school prematurely

Or

Requiring them to attempt to combine school

attendance with

Excessively long and heavy work

CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR

Poverty and unemployment levels are high.

Access to compulsory, free education is limited.

Existing laws or codes of conduct are often

violated.

CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR IN PAKISTAN

Poverty

Unemployment of Elders

Excess Population

Parental/ Children Illiteracy

LAWS ON CHILD LABOUR

The Employment of Children Act (ECA),

1991

The Bonded Labour System (Abolition)

Act, 1992

The Prevention and Control of Human

Trafficking Ordinance (promulgated in

October 2002)

LAWS ON CHILD LABOUR IN PAKISTAN

Article 11 (1)

Article 11 (2)

Article 11 (3)

TREATIES SIGNED BY PAKISTAN TO REDUCE

OR ELIMINATE CHILD LABOUR

Pakistan is signatory to the:

ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child

Labour (No. 182)

ILO Forced Labour Convention (No. 29)

ILO Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (No.

105)

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES TO REDUCE

OR ELIMINATE CHILD LABOUR IN PAKISTAN

In order to reduce Child labour in

Pakistan the Government of Pakistan has

taken following measures:

National Policy and Plan of Action (NPPA)

The following coordinating bodies and agencies are involved in the implementation of the NPPA:

The Federal Ministry of Labour

The Provincial Labour and Manpower Departments

Workers' and employers' organizations, as well as NGOs

Workers' and employers' organizations, as well as NGOs

The NPPA for the elimination of child labour focuses on

Awareness raising

Withdrawal of children engaged in the worst forms of child labour and

Their rehabilitation through education

And vocational training

Community mobilization

REFERENCES

http://www.ilo.org/legacy/english/regions/asro/newd

elhi/ipec/responses/pakistan/national.htm

http://www.ilo.org/legacy/english/regions/asro/newd

elhi/ipec/responses/pakistan/national.htm

https://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/chil

d_labor/about/causes.html

http://www.ilo.org/ipec/facts/lang--en/index.htm