Child labour is one of the common exploitations taking place in the world at will and in great numbers. It means that a child below the age of 14 must not work and no can force him or her to work in any kind of field. It interferes with many rights of children like right to education, right to freedom and right to development. The worst form of it includes working as a Sex worker.
Every child who is a citizen of a nation present in this world holds some rights according to the constitution of that nation but some of them are really common. Some of them are right to survival which makes a child to live the way they want, right to development so that a child can move forward in life, right to participation in which every act they want to without any discrimination and right to protection.
The President of Sudan officially launched the first ever Child Act for Southern Sudan. The director of Operations for UNICEF was on hand for the historical moment and said : “This legislation is a major milestone in creating a protective environment in which children can enjoy their rights to health, education and other basic services, to access information, to express their views, and to be protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation and harm.” The new laws prohibit neglect, violence and abuse of children and also must provide all minors with a full education. This will go a long way to helping the impoverished nation and all of its minors.
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Slovakia’s Ombudsman Pavel Kandráč has demanded investigation into a incident involving local police in Roma. The policemen reportedly made 6 young men strip each other and then slap each others faces in the police station. Video of the event has been released to local authorities and media outlets which has since been broadcast on several websites. The police officers are facing charges in the event as they have broken both Slovakian laws as well as those of the United Nations. The boys were apparently being detained for attacking a 66year old lady and stealing her purse.
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In many cases young women are married to much older men while her parents and village elders support it. The young women are then forced to leave school and any hope for an education to become housewives and bearers of children. While technically illegal for minors to marry in Zimbabwe under the Domestic Violence Act, the problem continues to grow since members of the sect are complicit and secretive. Most marriages are arrange to be between older men and young underage girls and in some cases men even take on multiple wives that are all underage. The ongoing ordeal has forced Zimbabwean authorities to step up efforts to stop the practice that has forced thousands of girls in the Marange, Odzi and Buhera districts of Manicaland to drop out of school.
The government of Saudi Arabia has stepped in to control all marriages of young women after an incident where a local court refused to nullify a marriage between a 58 yr old male and a 8 yr old girl. The current laws allow a father to marry off his daughter as they see fit to keep their bloodlines the way they want them to be. This has also led the way to parents marrying off their daughters for financial or political gain. The new laws will oversee all marriages of young women to make sure that “”preserve the rights, fending off blights to end the negative aspects of underage girls’ marriage,” and will not actually ban underage marriages in the country.
Niroko Calderon is only 13 years old and she has had to chose whether to stay in the country of her birth or be deported along with her parents back to the Philippines. Her parents came to Japan on illegal passports and have lived in Japan since before her birth. They have finally been caught and are being deported back to the Philippines. Niroko was given a choice to stay in Japan which is the only home she has ever known or go with her parents to a place she does not know and does not speak the language of. The poor girl chose to stay in Japan since life can be better for her in a place like Tokyo rather than the much poorer Philippines.
A study of over 1000 children that have been abducted in Uganda has shown that over 40% suffer from some form of Post Dramatic Stress Disorder. 40% of all children held by the rebel forces for over one month suffered from PSTD and 27% of those held less than one month were affected. Most of the children that were held captive were recruited to become fighters for their militias noting that children are fearless fighters that are disposable and easy to maintain. Once released children would not report what has happened to them for fear that they would be found again in their homes.