Philippines: Child rights advocates fear bill to worsen violations against children - Bulatlat.com - International Initiative to End Child Labor

Philippines: Child rights advocates fear bill to worsen violations against children – Bulatlat.com

Posted September 12, 2012

In Child Labor News, child soldiers, conflict and child labor, worst forms child labor

The bill seeks to broaden the definition of child soldiers. In late May 2011, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 4480 declaring as a criminal act the use of children by government security forces or other armed groups in an armed conflict …
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