Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

Rights of Women and Children
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Constitution with Articles 21, 39(f) and 45 as also the provisions of the Convention on the
Rights of Child, 1989. The Commission again urges the Union Government to re-enact the
Child Labour Act in tune with the constitutional obligations. It also hopes that the
operationalisation of the Right to Education for all children until they complete the age of
14 years will receive fullest attention from the authorities concerned.
D] Child Labour: The Need for New Legislation
8.62 As reported in the previous Annual Report, the Commission has been in the process
of examining the Draft Legislation on Child Labour prepared by the V.V. Giri National
Labour Institute (NLI)—an Institution under the Ministry of Labour.
A copy of the said draft legislation i.e. ‘The Child Labour Prohibition Bill, 1998’ was
obtained from the V.V Giri National Labour Institute and examined in the Commission
through a Core Group of Lawyers. The Draft Legislation on Child Labour was prepared by
Shri R. Venkataramani and Ms. Sadhna Ramachandran, Senior Advocates of the Supreme
Court. They are to make a presentation before the Commission.
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