Child labour
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[PDF] "Children Are Everyone’s Business Workbook 2.0"
UNICEF, Dec 2013
Summary of guides on policies, impact assessments & reporting
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[PDF] Guide for policies & codes of conduct
UNICEF, Dec 2013
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[PDF] Guide for impact assessments
UNICEF, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Dec 2013
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[PDF] Guide for reporting
UNICEF, Dec 2013
- [PDF] "Guidance Sheet on Child Labour"
Better Work (ILO, IFC), 2009
- "Child Labour" (on Human Rights & Business Dilemmas Forum)
UN Global Compact, Maplecroft
- [PDF] "Out of work and into school - Action plan for companies to combat child labour"
Stop Child Labour – School is the Best Place to Work, 2008
- "Eliminating Child Labor, Guides for Employers"
Intl. Org. of Employers
- "Myths about child labour"
Global March Against Child Labour
Guidance by companies:
Español
- [PDF] "Nota sobre prácticas recomendadas en el lugar de trabajo y la cadena de suministro - Tratamiento del trabajo infantil"
- International Finance Corporation, 2002
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