Article 32: The Right to Protection Against Economic Exploitation
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1. States Parties recognize the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child’s education, or to be harmful to the child’s health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development. 2. States Parties shall take legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to ensure the implementation of the present article. To this end, and having regard to the relevant provisions of other international instruments, States Parties shall in particular: (a) Provide for a minimum age or minimum ages for admission to employment; (b) Provide for appropriate regulation of the hours and conditions of employment; (c) Provide for appropriate penalties or other sanctions to ensure the effective enforcement of the present article.
Source Publication
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Commentary
Source Editors/Authors
John Tobin
Publication Date
2019
Recommended Citation
Alston, Philip G., "Article 32: The Right to Protection Against Economic Exploitation" (2019). Faculty Chapters. 22.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/22
