Arab League and international organizations issue joint statement on the occasion of World Day Against Child Labor

The Arab League, the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Arab Labor Organization, the Arab Council for Children and Development and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have underlined that the Arab region had experienced a sharp decline in the rights of Arab children over the last decade due to political, economic and social changes in the region. In a joint statement today, on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Child Labor, which takes place on 12 June of each year, they warned of the danger of spread of this phenomenon to the world and the need to make concerted efforts for The joint statement on "The study of child labor in the Arab States" shows that children are suffering today from a increasing number of direct and indirect violence, asylum and forced displacement, high rates of malnutrition and a collapse of many health and education services, unemployment, food prices, scarcity of water and fuel. The issue of child labor in the Arab region is one of the most important cases of child abuse and abuse. Figures and statistics show a steady increase in the direct and indirect use of children in all sectors of agriculture, services, industry and the street, as well as in illegal activities such as labor forced and forced labor. In addition to recruiting them and using them as human shields and even engaging them in armed or terrorist-related activities. The statement emphasized the importance of fighting child labor, based on all Arab and international conventions, as well as conventions aimed at protecting the rights of children from all forms of exploitation and to pursue Arab efforts to eradicate this dangerous phenomenon. In March 2019, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States, in order to highlight the main trends and characteristics of child labor in the Arab region, particularly in the current circumstances, the declaration contained a number of recommendations urging Arab countries to intervene by means of immediate measures. Implement and reform legal and legislative frameworks in line with the obligations of international conventions and national laws to combat child labor, especially worst-case activities, and develop policies to ensure social protection, reduce poverty and unemployment and to ban the worst forms of child labor and eliminate it.