Transcript Child Labor and the United Nations Convention

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.
American teen working on a farm.
Photo courtesy of the U.S.
Department of Labor.
Teenage girls working in an
American restaurant. Photo
courtesy of the U.S. Department
of Labor.
American teen working at a fast food
restaurant. Photo courtesy of the U.S.
Department of Labor.
Child tending to dry fish in Bangladesh.
Photo courtesy of UNICEF.
Young men working at a brick factory.
Photo courtesy of the United Nations.
American teen stocks
shelves at a grocery store.
Photo courtesy of the U.S.
Department of Labor.
Girl crushing bricks at brick
factory. Photo courtesy of the
United Nations.
Girl working in a textile factory in Bangladesh.
Photo courtesy of UNICEF.
American teen working in an ice cream shop.
Photo courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Girls hauling slabs in Cairo. Photo courtesy of the United Nations.
Where are Children Working?
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.
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.
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.
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.