Child Labor Deterence Act

1	that"...the child shall not be admitted to employ-

2	ment before an appropriate minimum age; he shall

3	in no case be caused or permitted to engage in any

4	occupation or employment which would prejudice his

5	health or education, or interfere with his physical,

6	mental, or moral development ..."

7		(2) Article 2 of the International Labor Con-

8	vention No. 138 Concerning Minimum Age For Ad-

9	mission to Employment states that, "The minimum

10	age specified in pursuance of paragraph 1 of this ar-

11	ticle shall not be less than the age of compulsory

12	schooling and , in any case, shall not be less than 15

13	years."

14		(3) According to the International Labor Orga-

15	nization, worldwide an estimated 200,000,000 chil-

16	dren under age 15 are working, many of them in

17	dangerous industries like mining and fireworks.

18		(4) Children under the age 15 constitute ap-

19	proximately 11 percent of the workforce in some

20	Asian countries, 17 percent in parts of Africa, and 

21	a reported 12-26 percent in many countries in Latin

22	America.

23		(5) The number of children under age 15 who

24	are working, and the scale of their suffering, in-

25	crease every year, despite the existence of more than

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