Working children have been prevented from attending the ILO’s child labour conference, currently taking place in Buenos Aires. So they set up their own conference instead.
Por la defensa global de la dignidad y el buen vivir de las niñas, niños y adolescentes trabajadores. English
After being excluded from the IV Global Conference on the Eradication of Child Labour, working children and adolescents complain to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. Español
For the global defence of the dignity and well-being of children and adolescents who work. Español
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