Child labor and human rights : making children matter / edited by Burns H. Weston

Content includes

Part 1 Clarifying the problem
Rethinking child labor: a multidimensional human rights problem
Defining child labor as if human rights matter
Child labor and the rights of children: historical patterns of decline and persistence

Part 2 The standards-based response of the world community
Child labor standards: from treaties to labels
Translating standards into practice: confronting transnational barriers
Translating standards into practice: confronting local barriers

Part 3 Case studies
Combating child labor in Tanzania: a beginning
Combating child labor in the Philippines: listening to children
Combating child labor in Brazil: social movements in action

Part 4 Toward progressive change
Abolishing child labor: a multifaceted human rights solution
Conceiving child labor in human rights terms: can it mobilize progressive change?
Working children as change-makers: perspectives from the South
Shifting positions on child labor: the views and practice of intergovernmental organizations
Nongovernmental organizations in the struggle against child labor
Earning and learning: tensions and compatibility
Trade-based strategies for combating child labor

Part 5 Conclusion : Contributors' consensus
Bringing human rights to child labor: guiding principles and call to action

Includes bibliographical references and index.