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Child Labor and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Child Labor and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. To Ratify or Not to Ratify?. American teen working as a cashier. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau. Boy working at a silver factory in Bangladesh.

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Child Labor and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

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  1. Child Labor and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child To Ratify or Not to Ratify?

  2. American teen working as a cashier. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau

  3. Boy working at a silver factory in Bangladesh.

  4. American teen working on a farm. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Labor.

  5. Teenage girls working in an American restaurant. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Labor.

  6. American teen working at a fast food restaurant. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Labor.

  7. Child tending to dry fish in Bangladesh. Photo courtesy of UNICEF.

  8. Young men working at a brick factory. Photo courtesy of the United Nations.

  9. American teen stocks shelves at a grocery store. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Labor.

  10. Girl crushing bricks at brick factory. Photo courtesy of the United Nations.

  11. Girl working in a textile factory in Bangladesh. Photo courtesy of UNICEF.

  12. American teen working in an ice cream shop. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau.

  13. Girls hauling slabs in Cairo. Photo courtesy of the United Nations.

  14. Where are Children Working?

  15. Child Labor: Work done by children under the age of 12; work done by children under the age of 15 that prevents school attendance; and work done by children under the age of 18 that is hazardous to their physical and mental health. Child Work: Work done by children age 12 and over, that does not negatively affect their health and development or interfere with education, and includes positive benefits and participation in economic activity.

  16. Treaty: An agreement or arrangement made by negotiation, typically as a contract in writing, between two or more recognized political authorities, such as sovereign nation-states, formally signed by the representatives duly authorized and usually ratified by the lawmaking authority of the nation-state.

  17. Article II, Section 2, U.S. Constitution [The President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur.

  18. Article XI, U.S. Constitution This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any States to the Contrary notwithstanding.

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