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An Analysis of Child Labor Rights in the African Region

In: Proceedings of the 2022 2nd International Conference on Economic Development and Business Culture (ICEDBC 2022)

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  • Haowen Miao

    (Xiamen University, School of Law)

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The issue of child labor is one of the issues that legal developments have always made it difficult to solve completely. As the world's economies develop and laws develop, many regions are well able to address child labor through legal constraints. In some regions, such as Africa, the use of child labor is still prevalent under the evolving legal system. This is because the legal system in the African region does not match the situation of its child labor use. The mainstream, universal legal system is not effective in addressing the needs of child labor in the African region. This paper therefore addresses the incongruity between the legal system of child labor and the plight of child labor in the African region. Through a comparative analysis of the region, a philosophical analysis of law and an economic analysis of law, this paper attempts to propose a more reasonable legal solution. This paper argues that a moderate relaxation of the minimum age limit for child labor and legal, social and international coordination are better measures. These tools can help African child laborers to escape the legal grey areas and obtain the remuneration and security of labor they need to survive.

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  • Haowen Miao, 2022. "An Analysis of Child Labor Rights in the African Region," Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research, in: Yushi Jiang & Yuriy Shvets & Hrushikesh Mallick (ed.), Proceedings of the 2022 2nd International Conference on Economic Development and Business Culture (ICEDBC 2022), pages 1176-1181, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:advbcp:978-94-6463-036-7_173
    DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-036-7_173
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