The challenge of child labour in international law / Franziska Humbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Humbert, Franziska, author.

Contributor:

International Labour Organisation, issuing body.

World Trade Organization, issuing body.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 64.

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child labor--Law and legislation.

Child labor.

Children (International law).

Children's rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 435 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Child labour remains a widespread problem around the world. Over 200 million children can be regarded as child labourers, and about 10 million children are involved in producing either agricultural or manufactured products for export. Franziska Humbert explores the status of child labour in international law. Offering a wide-ranging analysis of the problem, she explores the various UN and ILO instruments and reveals the weaknesses of the current frameworks installed by these bodies to protect children from economic exploitation. After assessing to what extent trade measures such as conditionalities, labelling and trade restrictions and promotional activities can reduce child labour, she suggests an alternative legal framework which takes into account the needs of children.

Contents:

The problem of child labour

The prohibition of child labour in international law

UN and ILO implementation mechanisms for the prohibition of child labour

Trade measures on child labour

Recommendations for an ILO-WTO enforcement regime.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9780511641985

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.