World Day Against Child Labour 2018 - Geneva Event Highlights

Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour and the 20th Anniversary of the Global March Against Child Labour. The event took place during the 107th Session of the International Labour Conference on June 4th 2018.

Ms Beate Andrees, Chief, Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch (ILO).

Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization

Mr Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of the Global March Against Child Labour.

Ms Nazrene Mannie, Board Member, Business Unity South Africa (BUSA).

Ms Sue Longley, General Secretary, International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF).

Ms Zulema Lopez, Child Rights Activist, Labour Relations student, (United States).

Mr Basu Rai, Child Rights Activist, former Global Marcher (Nepal).

Ms Mariam Kamissoko, SafeYouth@Work Champion, National Social Security Fund Official (Côte d’Ivoire).

Mr Kari Tapiola, former ILO Executive Director.

Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour and the 20th Anniversary of the Global March Against Child Labour. The event took place during the 107th Session of the International Labour Conference on June 4th 2018.

Book signing “The teeth of the ILO - The impact of the 1998 ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work”, by Mr Kari Tapiola, former ILO Executive Director.

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From left to right: Mr Simon Steyne, Senior Adviser on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (ILO); Mr Basu Rai, Child Rights Activist, former Global Marcher (Nepal); Ms Zulema Lopez, Child Rights Activist, Labour Relations student (United States) and Mr Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of the Global March Against Child Labour.