The Challenge of Child Labour in International Law

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The Challenge of Child Labour in International Law is written by Franziska Humbert and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1139480324 (ISBN 10) and 9781139480321 (ISBN 13).

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.