Responsible Business Conduct and Child Labour

This course looked into how companies, development finance institutions, state-owned enterprises, procurement agencies, and relevant stakeholders could contribute to the eradication of child labour in enterprises’ own operations and business transactions through responsible business conduct and effective human rights due diligence (HRDD).

OBJECTIVES

• Have a clear understanding of integrated approaches towards the abolition of child labour.

• Identify the roles and responsibilities of enterprises and governments towards the elimination of child labour.

• Learn from ILO experts, enterprises, and multi-stakeholder initiatives on the latest innovations towards the elimination of child labour.

• Practical approaches towards effective HRDD and child labour.

CONTENT

• ILO core conventions, and resources related to child labour: Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy.

• Identifying child labour and its root causes.

• Sectoral and regional perspectives on the elimination of child labour.

• Company initiatives, multi-stakeholders initiatives and partnerships for the abolition of child labour.

• Grievance mechanisms, access to remedy and remediation.

NUMBER OF HOURS: 32