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New EU law could force large companies to respect the environment
If a company identifies these, issues it must take appropriate action to prevent or stop them.
Children head to work in Afghanistan as poverty persists
Children head to work in Afghanistan as poverty persists
EU-bound child migrants rescued from traffickers in Sudan, say police
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Bolivia wrestles with protecting child workers as young as 10
Is 10 too young to work? Not in Bolivia, where President Evo Morales says children have the right, but should be protected.
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Up to 60% of workers illegal on EU farms
The European Parliament has been called upon to introduce legislation to fight labour exploitation in the agricultural sector
The human cost of our obsession with smartphones
A look at the components of smartphones - and how they are mined - reveals a dark side to the mobile industry
Many dead in Bangladesh factory fire
Police and eyewitnesses says dozens have been taken to hospital. Firefighters are struggling to control the blaze in the four-storey building.
Insiders investigates the exploitation of Syrian child labour in Turkey
Insiders visited southeast Turkey, home to a large number of Syrian refugees who have fled their war-torn country, and found many children forced to work.
Pope Francis laments child labour as 'modern slavery'
They are the forgotten youngsters – the estimated 168 million, globally, trapped in child labour.
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'Pennies': A story of Palestinian child beggars
Directed by Badran Badran, the documentary premiered at this year's Jerusalem Film Festival.
Children in jobs means even worse future, says ILO
Almost 170 million children are condemned to work full-time jobs today, with no schooling and poor future prospects. The International Labour
Celebrations in Oslo as Nobel Peace Prize winners officially receive the award
This year's Nobel Peace Prize winners, Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousufsay, made an appearance on Wednesday night in front of adoring crowds carrying candles in Oslo.
Bangladesh factories agree to pay rise but protests continue
Revealed: India is home to nearly half of world's 30 million modern-day slaves
