HUMAN RIGHTS

Child Labour

Prerna thakare 37
Ashwini gayakwad - 2
Pinky singh - 11
 INTRODUCTION
defination Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that
belong to every person in the world, from birth until
death. They apply regardless of where you are from,
what you believe or how you choose to live your life.
They can never be taken away, although they can
sometimes be restricted

These basic rights are based on values like dignity,

fairness, equality, respect and independence. But human
rights are not just abstract concepts they are defined
and protected by law. In Britain our human rights are
protected by the Human Rights Act 1998.
 Types Of Human Rights
1. Right to Equality
2. Right to Freedom
3. Right against Exploitation
4. Constitutional provisions and laws
a)The Prevention of Atrocities (Against
SC/ST) Act, 1989;
b) The Domestic Violence Act, 2005;
c) Vishakha Guidelines
d) The Child Labour Act, 1986;
Child Labour
Child labour refers to the employment of
children in any work that deprives children of
their childhood, interferes with their ability to
attend regular school, and that is mentally,
physically, socially or morally dangerous and
harmful.
Causes of child labour
In 2015, the country of India is home to the largest number of
children who are working illegally in various industrial
industries. Agriculture in India is the largest sector where many
children work at early ages to help support their family. Many of
these children are forced to work at young ages due to many
family factors such as unemployment, a large number of family
members, poverty, and lack of parental education. This is often
the major cause of the high rate of child labour in India.
Another reason many Indian children were hired was because
they lack knowledge of their basic rights, they did not cause
trouble or complain, and they were often more trustworthy. The
innocence that comes with childhood was utilised to make a
profit by many and was encouraged by the need for family
income.
Laws and initiatives

The Child Labour (Prohibition and

Regulation) Act, 1986 is one the most
debated acts regarding children in India. It
outlines where and how children can work and
where they can not.

The act defines a child as any person who has

not completed his fourteenth year of age
 the act prohibits children from working in any
occupation listed for example: Catering at railway
establishments, construction work on the
railway or anywhere near the tracks, plastics
factories, automobile garages.
 And some other examples like: beedi making,
tanning, soap manufacture, brick kilns and
roof tiles units.

These provisions do not apply to a workshop where

the child is working with the help of his family or in
a government recognised or aided school.
 Due to the increase of regulations and legal
restrictions on child labour, there has been a 64
percent decline in child labour from 1993-
2005.Although this is a great decrease in the
country of India, there is still high numbers of
children working in the rural areas of India.
With 85 percent of the child labour occurring
in rural areas, and 15 percent occurring
in urban areas, there are still substantial areas
of concern in the country of India.
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