This document discusses children's rights and child labor. It notes that children's rights are human rights specific to those under 18 years old. Child labor refers to work under 18 prohibited by law. Poverty, overpopulation, unemployment and weak laws contribute to child labor. Several Indian constitutional articles and labor laws aim to protect child rights and prohibit child labor. The document calls for addressing the root causes of child labor to eliminate the practice and develop India.

1. Presented By-
Anushri Goenka
Symbiosis Law School, Pune
BBA .LL.B

2.  Presentation in the International Conference, SIES
Mumbai and publication of the Research Paper on
“Impact of Gender Over Stress”.
 Participated in Integrated Disaster Management
Programme (I.D.M.P),2014
 Participated in 1 day Capsule Course on Mediation
by Mr. Firdosh Karanchiwala in SLS, Pune.

3.  Children's rights are the human rights of Children
with particular attention to the rights of special
protection and care afforded to minors.
 United Nation International Children’s Emergency
Fund (UNICEF), defines child as anyone below the
age of 18, and Child Labour as some type of work
performed by children below age of 18.
 Individual Government may define Child
according to different ages or other criteria.
 World Day Child Labour, June 12.

4.  The Right to Survival.
 The Right to Development.
 The Right to Protection.
 The Right to Participation.

7. Causes
Poverty
Overpopulation
Urbanization
Unemployment
Economic
Shock.
Weak laws to
protect.

9.  Article 21A – Right To Education.
 Article 23 – Prohibition of Bonded
Labour.
 Article 24 – Prohibition Of Employment
of Children in Factories,etc.
 Article 39 - The state shall in particular
direct its policy towards securing the
health, strength of tender age of children
are not abused.

10.  The Mines Act of 1952.
 The Factories Act, 1948.
 The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation)
Act, 1986.
 The Juvenile justice (care and protection) of
children act, 2000.
 The Right of children to free and compulsory
education act, 2009.
 Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961

11.  Contract Labour Act, 1970.
 Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 1976.
 Beedi and cigar workers (Conditions of
employment) Act, 1966.
 Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
 Plantation labour act, 1951.
 Apprentices Act, 1961.

12.  To develop various skills in the legal field and
will help me to get a deeper understanding of
law and procedures.
 Attaining Knowledge and experience in
Judicial education, training and research.
 Opportunity to participate in movement for
Social Change.

13.  Children working as labourers are not working on
their own choice. They are being forced by the
circumstances and therefore people are taking
benefit of this situation.
 Child Labour is a complex problem which can
only me eliminated by first looking at the root
level and taking steps.
 Now , it’s high time to take corrective measures to
stop Child Labour so that we can have a better
and developed India.