<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hague</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Labour</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> <strong>2010</strong> – Towards a World without <strong>Child</strong><strong>Labour</strong>, Mapping the Road to 2016 – <strong>Conference</strong> ReportEndnotes1 This goal has been agreed upon by the ILO constituency of 183 member States and workers’ andemployers’ organizations. It was endorsed by the ILO Governing Body in November 2006.2 This figure is taken from the <strong>2010</strong> ILO <strong>Global</strong> Report on child labour.3 <strong>Child</strong> labour is work done by a child who is under the minimum age specified for that kind of work,as defined by national legislation, guided by the ILO Declaration on the Fundamental Principles andRights at Work (1998) and ILO Convention Nos. 138 and 182.4 <strong>The</strong> Worst Forms of <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Labour</strong> are defined in the Worst Forms of <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Labour</strong> Convention, 1999(No.182) as:(a)(b)(c)(d)all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as the sale and trafficking of children,debt bondage and serfdom and forced or compulsory labour, including forced orcompulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict;the use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, for the production of pornographyor pornographic performances;the use, procuring or offering of a child for illicit activities, in particular for the productionand trafficking of drugs as defined in the relevant international treaties;work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm thehealth, safety or morals of children.Recommendation 190, accompanying Convention No.182, provides further guidance.5 Including in the following instruments, documents and events:- ILO Minimum Age Convention, No. 138 (1973);- UN Convention on the Rights of the <strong>Child</strong> (1989);- Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development (1995);- International <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Labour</strong> <strong>Conference</strong>s in Amsterdam and Oslo (both 1997);- ILO Declaration on the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998);- ILO Worst Forms of <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Labour</strong> Convention, 1999 (No.182);- World Fit for <strong>Child</strong>ren (2002), outcome document of the 2002 UNGASS on <strong>Child</strong>ren;- <strong>Global</strong> Action Plan against the Worst Forms of <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Labour</strong> (2006)- ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair <strong>Global</strong>ization (2008).6 See ILO <strong>2010</strong> <strong>Global</strong> Report.7 As per article 8 of ILO Convention No. 182.8 <strong>The</strong> Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the <strong>Child</strong> on the sale of children, childprostitution and child pornography, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights ofthe <strong>Child</strong> on the involvement of children in armed conflict.9 See ‘Rethinking school feeding. Social safety nets, child development and the education sector’, WorldBank, 2009.10 See the ILO Declaration on the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998).11 Employers can make use of the ILO/IOE guides: Eliminating <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Labour</strong>: Guides for Employers.12 Existing partnerships include the Understanding <strong>Child</strong>ren’s Work (UCW) Programme, the <strong>Global</strong>Task Force on <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Labour</strong> and Education for All (GTF), the UN <strong>Global</strong> Initiative to Fight HumanTrafficking (UN.GIFT), the International Partnership for Cooperation on <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Labour</strong> in Agricultureand the International Partnership for the Elimination of <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Labour</strong> in Mining and Quarrying, andthe United Cities and Local Governments network (that has issued a Millennium Declaration entitledBringing the Millennium Development Goals back home).13 In monitoring, giving special attention to younger children, the girl child, hidden work situationsin which girls are at special risk, and other groups of children with special vulnerabilities or needs (asper ILO Recommendation No. 190) and to child labour in agriculture.14 <strong>The</strong> ILO <strong>Conference</strong> Committee on the Application of Standards, the ILO Committee of Experts onthe Application of Conventions and Recommendations and the UN Committee on the Rights of the<strong>Child</strong>.15 <strong>The</strong> Understanding <strong>Child</strong> Work (UCW) Programme is a joint initiative of ILO, UNICEF and the WorldBank.40
AnnexesAnnexesAnnex 1 - <strong>Child</strong>ren Now! *(text: Anne-Marie Verbaan/music: Jochem Fluitsma)All the money in the world, all the thingsthat we buyProfit that we have to make<strong>The</strong> price is much too high<strong>Child</strong>ren working in factories and minesAll the dangers that they facePaying with their livesRefrain:<strong>Child</strong>ren first, children nowIt’s too late for when and howPeople we must understand<strong>Child</strong> labour it has to endRaise our voices, let’s all shout<strong>Child</strong>ren first!<strong>Child</strong>ren now, children now<strong>Child</strong>ren now, children now!<strong>Child</strong>ren of the world have the future intheir handsBut if they cannot read or write<strong>The</strong>y don’t stand a chance<strong>The</strong>y have a right to play outside, a rightto go to schoolTo be a child like any childAnd not be someone’s tool(Refrain)Every child that can be savedis like a brand new starDarkness will be blown awayand the light will shine so farEvery day a better dayNo work and no more painAll the tears will wash awaylike a summer rain(Refrain)Presented by Dutch children’s choir ‘<strong>Child</strong>ren for <strong>Child</strong>ren’ during the openingof the <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> on 10 May <strong>2010</strong>.41
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