Child slavery in the artisanal mining and quarrying sector 2011, para. 27
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The position followed by the Committee on the Rights of the Child when considering periodic reports from State parties is that, "any work carried out by children in conditions below those established by the United Nations Convention [on the Rights of the Child] or by ILO standards should be considered as economic exploitation" (report of the Secretary-General on status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, A/64/172, para. 9).
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences