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There are 10% fewer children in child labour than in 2012 - continuing trend that we have seen for the past 15 since the ILO began measuring. However, with 152 million still in labour, the rate in decline has slowed and there is still work to be done.
Nearly 152 million children are still trapped in child labour, according to new global estimates on child labour released by the ILO and Alliance 8.7 this week. Almost half of them are performing hazardous work that places their health, safety or moral development at risk.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the most widely accepted international human rights treaty in history, “children have the right to be protected from work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.”
Kyrgyzstan – From 7 to 12 June, a series of school activities aimed to draw public attention to the need to take action to eliminate child labour. Competitions were organized in 5 rural communities: on 7 June, in Markaz of Kadamdjay District and Too-Moyun of Aravan District; on 10 June, in Jany-Nookat of Nookat District; and on 1 May, in Ala-Buka District and On-Eki-Bel of Nookat District.
A member of the UN Global Compact (UNGC) since June 2015, the ECLT Foundation presents its outcomes for 2015-16. The Communication on Engagement (CoE) describes the ECLT Foundation’s strategic approach and activities that support the Global Compact and engage with the initiative at international, national, and local levels.
In 2015, two of ECLT’s largest ever projects ended. The Child Labour Elimination Actions for Real Change (CLEAR) and the Promoting Sustainable Practices to Eradicate Child Labour in Tobacco (PROSPER) were implemented between 2011 and 2015 in Malawi and Tanzania, respectively.
Human Rights Day marks the 2nd anniversary of the signing of the ECLT Pledge of Commitment and Minimum Standards by 13 companies, which make up a significant portion of the tobacco-growing supply chain, as well as the International Tobacco Growers' Association and the ECLT Foundation.
At the 2016 Forum on Business and Human Rights, The ECLT Foundation, along with the Permanent Missions to the UN of Canada and Malawi, hosted a side event on “Securing Multi-Stakeholder Commitments Towards Eliminating Child Labour” – the only event specifically addressing child labour or children’s issues during the Forum. It was an opportunity to contribute to the Human Rights Council’s greater body of knowledge - by sharing concrete examples of effective multi-stakeholder approaches in the fight against child labour in agriculture.
This event is designed to discuss real-life examples and benefit of on-going, multi-stakeholder dialogue to develop and implement policy towards the elimination of child labour.
