Title: Childlaborlaws.org: the Child Labor Legislative Database

Source/Sponsoring Agency: University of Iowa. Center for Human Rights

URL: http://www.childlaborlaws.org/

Date Checked: 3/3/2005      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 3/3/2005

Topics: Foreign Law; Human Rights Law

Other keywords: Child Labor

Contents: According to its website, “the Child Labor Legislative Database is an undertaking of The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) Child Labor Research Initiative (CLRI) to collect child labor laws from around the world and to make them available in searchable form via the Internet.” Covering 31 different nations, this database offers the full text of legislation in English and the document’s original language. Visitors may search by keyword, country, or topic, or utilize the database’s robust advanced search features. The databases’s search capabilities are extensively documented in the site’s “Help Files.” Documents are available in both HTML and PDF. The site’s “Supporting Documents” section provides supplementary information, including details on major child labor-related treaty status, links to relevant government websites, and prominent third-party commentary on the status of child labor and child rights. [BWK]

Author of Annotation: B. Kreisler