Women's Rights and Rights of the Child

QUESTION 14

Introduction4

Background of Country A4

International Treaties and Conventions signed by Country A5

Part I: Violation of International Treaties and Conventions5

International Labor Organization5

C001: Hours of Work6

C005: Minimum Age6

C014: Weekly Rest6

C024: Sickness Insurance6

Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa6

Article 4: The Rights to Life, Integrity and Security of the Person7

Article 5: Elimination of Harmful Practices7

The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child7

Article 2: Definition of Child7

Article 15: Child Labor8

Article 31: Responsibility of the Child8

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)8

Article 32: Protecting Children from Labor through Minimum Age Definition8

Article 31: Ensuring Children Right to Leisure Activities9

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women9

Article 11: Equal Employment and Benefits9

Article 16: Marriage and Lifestyle9

Part II: Objectionable Violations from Human Rights Point of View10

Hours of Work10

Minimum Age10

Child Labor10

Part III: Proposed Strategy for Human Rights Organization11

Domestic Level11

Regional Level11

International Level12

Part IV: Approaches by Legislature, Executive and Judiciary12

The Legislature: Developing Child Labor and Workplace Safety Laws12

The Executive: Designing Arrest measures for Violators13

The Judicial: Resolving the Pending Cases Fairly13

Part V: Best Interests of the Child in African Charter and CRC13

Upbringing and Economic Wellbeing of the Children14

QUESTION 215

Connection between Violence against Women and Eradication of Poverty15

Socio Economic Development15

Competing with the International Industrial Markets15

Promoting the importance of Intelligence and Academic Strength16

Development of Future Generations through Family Education16

Accepting Women as Equal Contributors towards Household Income16

Connection between Violence against Women and Achievement of Millennium Development Goals17

Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger17

Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education17

Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women18

Goal 5: Improve Mental Health18

Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development18

REFERENCES19

Women's Rights and Rights of the Child

Question 1

Introduction

Discrimination against people and violation of basic human rights has always been counted amongst one of the most widely spread problems throughout the world. Different people take desperate measures to achieve their personal goals by violating the rights of other innocent people; and using them to serve as more of personal slaves rather than free citizens of the state (Woodiwiss, 1998). One of such human rights problems is the violation of Children rights and employment of children who have not even reached the age of adolescence.

However, in order to protect the innocent people of the world and to deal with such inhumane criminals, laws have been designed in nations throughout the world that protect the people from becoming a victim to such discriminative violence. In order to better understand the current situation and the impact of laws on protection of the people, an in depth discussion regarding Country A and its violation of different signed conventions is required.

Background of Country A

The defined introduction of Country A presented in the Question develops the image of the Country as one of the top exporters of fireworks. However, as the question continues, we find out that the Country is achieving its high rate of production by putting the lives of its people at high stakes; many of whom are mere young-age children.

International Treaties and Conventions signed by Country A

As the case continues, we ...