Human rights violations and Canadian mining companies: exploring access to justice in relation to children’s rights

Paré, Mona; Chong, Tate

doi:10.1080/13642987.2017.1319819

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“…Children are ignored and largely invisible in industry and society generally [18,62,99], which arguably makes them the most vulnerable of all people [117]. In the same way that there is a human rights based approach (or lens) [23,118] and a gender lens [42,119,120], so too must a children's rights perspective or lens [121] be taken in the assessments of companies, projects, activities, and products.…”

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“…Despite all this direction about what is expected of business, there remains considerable disjuncture between what is advocated in the 'business and human rights' and 'children's rights and business' agendas and what actually happens in practice [21,24,101], especially in relation to the rights of children [3,18,28,102]. The two children's rights programs we examined aimed to advance children's rights in the Indonesian oil palm industry.…”

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Children’s Rights in the Indonesian Oil Palm Industry: Improving Company Respect for the Rights of the Child

Pasaribu

Vanclay

2021

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Although companies have many direct and indirect impacts on the lives of children, discussion of the responsibility of business to respect the rights of children has primarily focused on child labor. Using UNICEF’s Children’s Rights and Business Principles as a framework for our analysis, we considered the activities of oil palm plantation companies operating in Indonesia. Our data come from key informant interviews and reflection on two programs established to promote respect for children’s rights in the Indonesian palm oil industry: one by Pusat Kajian Perlindungan Anak (PKPA) (Center for Child Study and Protection); and one by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in conjunction with UNICEF. We considered: how plantation company activities impacted children’s lives; how companies demonstrated respect for children’s rights; and how observance of children’s rights can be improved. We discuss four problematic issues: getting company commitments to children’s rights into policy and practice; having a strong business case for respecting human rights and children’s rights; contradictory objectives within companies; and complexities around children in the workplace. We argue that a children’s rights based approach should be applied to the activities of all organizations. This children’s rights lens is needed to overcome the invisibility of children in society and industry, and to address the root causes of human rights harms. We note that respecting children’s rights will likely contribute to getting a social license to operate and grow.

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Children’s Rights in the Indonesian Oil Palm Industry: Improving Company Respect for the Rights of the Child

Pasaribu

Vanclay

2021

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“…Child labor is defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development (International Labour Organization [ILO], n.d.-a). Children in child labor are often ignored, invisible, and exposed to a range of other forms of labor exploitation (Pare & Chong, 2017; Pasaribu & Vanclay, 2021). Child labor constitutes a severe violation of children’s rights which can result in extreme bodily and mental harm, and even death (United Nations Children’s Fund [UNICEF], n.d.).…”

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Measuring Child Labor in Oil Palm Production in Sabah, Malaysia

Wahab,

Dollah

2023

Sage Open

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Can we measure child labor? It may sound simple and a classic question to ask, but scholarly discourse continues to raise doubts about how best to measure it accurately, at what level of measurement, and how to differentiate between child labor and a range of almost similar terms such as children assisting parents and working children. In this article, as part of our long-term research project in oil palm production in Sabah (Malaysia), we attempt to measure child labor focusing on four domains, (i) children’s involvement in oil palm activities; (ii) time spent in performing such activities; (iii) types of activities; and (iv) time spent on the learning and undertaking recreational activities. To better understand their involvement in oil palm activities, further analysis is undertaken from four social lenses: gender, age, identity, and education. Our overall findings indicate that while there is a clear conceptual difference and practice between children assisting parents and working children, it is challenging to distinguish between working children and child labor. Instead, most of our child respondents categorized as working children fall within the broader definition of child labor. Given the complex interplay between local contexts and root causes that create conditions of child labor, this article highlights the urgency to refresh scholarly discourse and the way we understand and measure child labor.

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Sustainable Mining, Environmental Justice, and the Human Rights of Women and Girls

Seck

Simons²

2021

The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development

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Human rights violations and Canadian mining companies: exploring access to justice in relation to children’s rights

Cited by 7 publications

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Children’s Rights in the Indonesian Oil Palm Industry: Improving Company Respect for the Rights of the Child

Children’s Rights in the Indonesian Oil Palm Industry: Improving Company Respect for the Rights of the Child

Measuring Child Labor in Oil Palm Production in Sabah, Malaysia

Sustainable Mining, Environmental Justice, and the Human Rights of Women and Girls

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