International Conference on Child Labour and Child Exploitation

23/06/2008

We ask you to join us at the International Conference on Child Labour and Child Exploitation, Sunday, 3 August - Tuesday,�5 August 2008, Cairns, Australia. The International Conference will evaluate the progress and achievements made in relation to the eradication of the worst forms of child labour and will explore the challenges ahead in securing rights for children in the 21st century and meeting the UN Millennium Goals by 2015.

The conference will reflect on whether the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), as defined by the ILO in Forms of Child Labour Convention No.182 (C182) and its associated Recommendation (R190), address the right issues, in the light of 21st century concerns with nationalism, identity and globalisation, or whether new approaches to protecting children’s rights are needed. The Conference will focus on the role of the organizations representing employers and workers, non-government organisations as well as governments. The conference will engage the corporate sector with a view to bringing a concrete reality to the much vaunted concept of responsible corporate citizenship. It will highlight steps taken by some companies and organisations operating internationally to address the worst forms of exploitation in their labour obligations and their attempts to try to set higher standards.

We have become increasingly concerned about the position of children in countries where economic boom conditions has created an enormous demand for labour and particularly cheap labour, which children can provide. We are also naturally concerned about the other forms of labour exploitation of children involving sexual exploitation, trafficking and servitude which come hand in hand with the new technologies, the globalised world and the increasing movement of economic refugees across international borders. We look forward to your participation.

For more information visit http://www.childjustice.org/wsecl/

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