Definition
Child labour means exploiting the under age children in any form forcing them to work legally with harms or abuses them. This abuses may be physical, mental or sexual depriving the child from their rights of basic education
International Regulation
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international treaty that recognizes the human rights of children, 192 countries had become State Parties to the Convention
Under Article 1 of this Convention a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years
Under Article 32 of the Convention, the State Parties have to provide minimum ages for admission to employment, provide appropriate regulation of the hours and conditions of employment , provide for appropriate penalties or other sanctions to ensure the effective enforcement.
However, some State Parties do not seriously enforce Child Labour regulations.
During the period 2000 - 2004 the world witnessed a decrease in child labour, since then, this positive trend has slowed down.
According to International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates, there are some250 million children between ages of 5 and 14 years who are in economic activity in developing countries.
It seems like the prohibition of child labour is not successful, the decrease of child labour has slowed down since 2004, it's a signal of unaccomplished of child labour.
References
Journal of Economic Issue Article date:june1, 1995 Author: Hasnat,Baban
http://www.unicef.org/
http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm
Council conclusions on child labour, 3023rd FOREIGN AFFAIRS Council meeting Luxembourg, 14 June 2010
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