On June 12 of every year, the world celebrates the International Day to Combat Child Labor, as the International Labor Organization decided to celebrate it as a global day since 2002, to focus attention on the extent of child labor in the world, and to make efforts to eliminate it.

Since its founding in 1919, the International Labor Organization has set out the elimination of child labor as one of its most important goals and has worked towards achieving this goal on several levels. One of its main achievements is limiting the age for admission to work by education. For more illustration,  the age for admission to work shouldn’t be below the minimum age for completing compulsory education.  Many strategies have been established that prioritize work to eliminate child labor as well as a number of related agreements.

In addition, child labor prohibited by international law is divided into three categories:

The first category represents the worst forms of child labor ever and includes slavery, human trafficking, work in payment of debt and other forms of forced labor, the employment of children as a means of use in armed conflicts, prostitution, pornography and illegal activities.

The second category is the work that a child performs without the minimum age for this particular type of work (according to national legislation and recognized international standards) in addition to the work that impedes the child’s education and development.

And the last category includes work that threatens the child’s physical, intellectual and moral health because of its nature or because of the conditions in which it is performed, which is what has been termed “dangerous work.”

In general, child labor is associated with the prevailing type and level of education, the level of per capita income, poverty, armed conflict, and civil wars in the areas where it suffers.

In light of the above, the participants’ discussions were

In this symposium, they are as follows:

From the Socity’s branch :

• Abdul Majeed Al-Amin
• Professor Bandar Al-Awfi
• Muhammad Al-Awfi

Labour Office: Mr. Abdullah Al-Ahmadi and Mr. Abdul-Rahman Baatia

Health Affairs:  Professor Radi Al-Mutairi

The Begging counter:  Professor Abdulaziz Al-Zahrani