{"id":6593,"date":"2016-05-19T12:27:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T12:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/?p=6593"},"modified":"2021-12-15T12:28:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T12:28:14","slug":"hrcp-demands-end-to-child-labour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-demands-end-to-child-labour\/","title":{"rendered":"HRCP demands end to child labour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lahore<\/em><\/strong>, May 19:<\/em><\/strong> A workshop by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), on Child Labour, was organized at their offices on Thursday, May 19th<\/sup>.\u00a0 In attendance were prominent civil society organizations, focusing on the rights of children, activist and representing the government Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB).<\/p>\n

Pakistan being a signatory to many international conventions of the rights of children \u2013 United Nations Committee on the rights of children (2009), various ILO conventions and local constitutional and governmental legislations \u2013 has yet to create an effective implementation and enforcement mechanism.<\/p>\n

Recently, despite some positive measures by the government; provision of educational subsidies, efforts to remove child labour from brick kilns \u2013 much remains to be done.<\/p>\n

The following critical areas where governmental focus and intervention is required are:<\/p>\n

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  • \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A comprehensive survey of child labour needs to be carried out.\u00a0 Unlike earlier survey this should be inclusive of agricultural and domestic workers, who constitute a significant portion of child labour.\u00a0 The survey need to go beyond basic household data, in capturing actual hubs where child labour is engaged.<\/li>\n
  • Article 25 A of the Constitution, the right to education, needs to be implemented in both letter and spirit.<\/li>\n
  • Legislation entailing the registration and documentation of Street children need to be formulated and facilities for their shelter provided.<\/li>\n
  • \u00a0 \u00a0The current state of public education, especially the depleted condition of schools, needs review by the government.\u00a0 The role of public education should be to provide a plausible alternate to child employment.<\/li>\n
  • \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The government should be cognizant of the fact that, child labour constitutes an integral part of Generalised Scheme of Preference (GSP+) regime and needs to be addressed if economic benefits through trade with the European Union are to be retained.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    1. A. Rehman<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Secretary-General<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>