Combating Child Labour Legal Approach

Contents: 1. Child labour: the diverse dimensions. 2. Child labour: an introspection. 3. Problem of child labour in India. 4. Existing conditions for child labour: a comparative introspect. 5. Current trends for combating child labour. 6. What can be done. 7. Child labour: some emerging issues. 8. Linking trade with labour standard: the issue of child labour. 9. Economics of child labour: a myth. 10. Human resource development: concept, approaches & strategies. 11. Problem of child labour and human resource. 12. Declaration of the rights of the child. 13. Consequences of child labour: education and health. 14. Socio: economic dimensions of child labour. 15. Employment and poverty alleviation. 16. Employment promotion and the statistical measurement of unemployment. 17. National policy on child labour. 18. The child labour (prohibition and regulation) act, 1986\'. 19. The labour welfare legislation. 20. Child labour welfare under Indian constitution. 21. Towards the abolition of child labour ILO policy and its implications. 22. Legal protection extended to child workers under other labour legislation in India. 23. Bibliography. 24. Annexure 1.

"The child by reason of his physical and mental immaturity needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth. The need for such special safeguards has been stated in the Geneva declaration of the rights of the child of 1924, and recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the statues of specialized agencies and international organizations concerned with the welfare of children." (jacket)