The Role of International Organizations and Documents in Supporting Working Children in Urban Settlements from the Perspective of International Law

Mitra Rahimi ¹ ( PhD Student in Law, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Law, Kish International University, Kish, Iran )
mostafa taghizade ansari ² ( Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, North Tehran Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. )

Submited date : 2022-07-18 Accepted date : 2022-09-04

Keywords: Non-governmental Organizations, Children's rights, working children, urban settlements,

Abstract :

Non-governmental organizations and non-governmental organizations in the international community, by mobilizing public opinion and using their knowledge and expertise, draw the attention of the international community to the demands and needs of citizens and provide the basis for changing conditions and improving the living conditions of individuals. doing. Meanwhile, a large number of non-governmental organizations, both domestically and internationally, have increasingly focused their efforts on supporting working children. Given the breadth and diversity of societal issues and problems, governments inevitably sought the help of non-governmental organizations and non-governmental organizations so that they could work together to solve these issues and problems to some extent. Among these cases, we can mention the lack of support for working children in society, which play an important role due to the position of children in society as future makers. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of non-governmental organizations in protecting working children from the perspective of international law. The research method is descriptive-analytical and based on the content analysis method according to the available documents and texts. In this study, the study of documents related to working children in urban areas has been emphasized. The result shows that the efforts of child rights activists are manifested in the form of national and transnational conventions and treaties, the result of which is the development of materials in support of working children in various documents. Examining these domestic and international documents and evaluating them, how to implement them in Iran and the international community, their strengths and weaknesses, as well as proposing solutions to improve the welfare of children and efforts to eradicate child labor (those works). Harmful and dangerous) is a must. In this regard, the eradication of poverty as the most important factor in the employment of children should be on the agenda, which requires a global and international program and action.