The US is the only country in the world that has not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Using child labor is not only a proof of the US gross violation of labor rights, but also proof of its double standards on human rights.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF are to publish new global estimates of the number of children in child labour. Their joint report,.
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Students wearing face masks for protection from Covid-19 walk out of a school in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district in November last year. Hong Menea
Hun Sen champions children’s rights
Mon, 24 May 2021
Cambodia is committed to promoting the rights of children and increasing all forms of protection for them, Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a letter on May 19 in advance of the upcoming International Children’s Day on June 1, as well as the World Day Against Child Labour on June 12.
He also noted that many children in Cambodia are currently suffering from a lack of one or both parents’ presence because of widespread employment-related migration caused by the economic fallout from Covid-19.