Joint general comment No. 4 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 23 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on State obligations regarding the human rights of c ... 2017, para. 45
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With due respect to international labour standards related to the minimum age for admission to employment and the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, not all work carried out by migrant children who are above legal working age is exploitative or undertaken in hazardous conditions. The Committees remind States that migrant children above working age, irrespective of their status, should enjoy equal treatment to that of national children in respect of remuneration, other conditions of work and terms of employment.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on Migrant Workers
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Violence
Person(s) affected
Children
Persons on the move
Year
2017
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Other
Paragraph focus
Right to protection from economic exploitation, including underage and hazardous work, employment conditions and social security