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CHILD LABOUR: Child domestic workers - the dawn of a new Convention?
11/Feb/2015 Publication
Menu: Introduction | Call for Action | UN Committee on Migrant Workers | Violations of the rights of child domestic...
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INDE : des centaines d'enfants esclaves secourus par la police
30/Jan/2015 News
Selon les chiffres officiels, 4 millions d'enfants indiens travaillent en tant que domestiques, dans des restaurants et dans des usines de confection de vêtements, mais les défenseurs des droits des enfants estiment que ce nombre est sous-évalué.
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INDIA: Police rescues hundreds of trafficked child slaves from bangle-making workshop
30/Jan/2015 News
Most of the the children were trafficked away from their impoverished parents in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in exchange for 5,000 rupees ($80) as payment.
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INDIA: Report on (child) slavery in textile production leads to action
27/Nov/2014 News
Indian politicans are reacting to a recent report on the situation of child slavery in spinning mills. 
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CHILD SLAVERY: Call to put child slavery on agenda of UN Sustainable Development Goals
14/Nov/2014 News
A coalition of organisations is inviting signatures to a petition which will be delivered to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
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MODERN SLAVERY: Tamil Nadu’s exploited garment workers need help from British justice
29/Oct/2014 News
Report highlights conditions of modern slavery in Indian mills, and that the abused workers should have recourse to UK courts.
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CHILD RIGHTS: Malala and Indian children’s rights activist win Nobel Peace Prize
10/Oct/2014 News
Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi have been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work on promoting and protecting children's rights.
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AFGHANISTAN: "Bacha bazi" child abuse rising
26/Aug/2014 News
Sexual abuse against children has been rising, says Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Supreme Court rules that trafficked persons have the right to claim damages
4/Aug/2014 News
In a landmark judgment, court unanimously rules that trafficked people have a right to claim damages from their traffickers irrespective of their immigration status. 
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Achieving education for all and eliminating child labour
Mon, 29/09/2014 - 09:00 Event
Location: Turin, Italy
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