Economic and Labour Rights

A Blind Spot in the Discourse on Children’s Rights

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ID12965639
AuthorsM Liebel (0000-0002-3099-1429, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume39
Issue2
Pages163-179
Publication date2021-04-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNordic Journal of Human Rights (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1891-814X • E-ISSN: 1891-8131
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/18918131.2021.2001162
OpenAlexW4206415748
LanguageEN
Citations received2

This author discusses the question whether children have economic and labour rights, and if so, what that means in practice. With regard to international law, he clarifies the relationship between different areas of law and the relationship between various legal concepts that are relevant to the protection of children’s economic and labour rights. More specifically, he explores the relationship between human rights in general and children’s rights in particular, as well as the relationship between economic and social rights, human and labour rights, and legal and moral rights. Next, he focuses on working children and their associations and which economic and labour rights they consider necessary. Furthermore, he discusses how these rights are, or should be, reflected in international law and in national legislation. Finally, the key obstacles in protecting children’s economic and labour rights in international law are discussed, i.e. what practical difficulties are to be overcome on the ground in order to realise and bring to life the economic and labour rights of children

Child labour · Fundamental rights · Human rights · International human rights law · Law and economics · Legislation · Political science · Reservation of rights · Right to property · Sociology · Work (physics · Human Rights and Development · Law

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