Child Labor In Pakistan Essay Research Paper

3.) Forced labor- once the child’s parents agree to let them work the master can extend the child’s debt, which puts them in a state of perpetual servitude to the master

4.) Separation from family- the masters often sell the children like they would a slave, commonly without the parent?s knowledge

5.) Beatings- children are often beaten to “encourage” them or when they make a mistake in their duties

The factory owners who recruit these children can also continue their bondage through generations. When the debtor’s children become old enough they inherit the debt and must go work for the master. In this way entire families are kept in virtual slavery for generations. The factory owners also sell off debts to other owners, which put the children in possession of the other owner and have split up many families. The factory owners are inherently implementing a system of slavery using children as the slaves.

The situation in Pakistan is in violation of several human rights listed in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It violates 4 rights listed in the article section of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They are that “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude;” This means that the children in the factories are not to be held there-by-there carpet masters, and the second part that “Everyone without and discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.” The children should be paid the equal amount that anyone else gets. Article 24 that states “Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.” This violates the rights of these children in two ways. The children are having

1) Very long hours that is exhausting to them and

2) Very little rest and leisure without holidays. Article 26 which says that “Everyone has the right to an education.” The children in the factories are clearly not getting an education and this should be stopped!

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