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Motion · S5M-21974 · 8 Jun 2020

World Day Against Child Labour

Lodged by Mary Fee Standard Motion 22 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament recognises that 12 June 2020 is World Day Against Child Labour, which is an annual event that seeks to educate the public and mobilise political will and resources to tackle the issue of global child labour; understands that the focus this year is on the impact of crisis on child labour, as the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic and market shock could, it believes, send millions more children into child labour; encourages people to get involved with the virtual campaign, which this year is organised in partnership with the UN, the Global March Against Child Labour and the International Partnership for Cooperation on Child Labour in Agriculture (IPCCLA); prompts people to read the joint ILO-UNICEF paper on the impact of COVID-19 on child labour, which will be released on 12 June; acknowledges that 152 million children between the ages of five and 17 are currently in child labour with almost half (72 million) in hazardous labour; condemns the reality that one in 10 of all children worldwide are in child labour, which is seen in the agriculture, services and industrial sectors and that 48% of victims of child labour are aged between five and 11; notes that target 8.7 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals calls for an end to child labour by 2025 and that 2021 will be International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, and continues to support an end to child labour, which is a violation of article 32 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Supporters (22)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.