Journal of college of Law for Legal and Political Sciences

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the legal protection against child labor – a study within Iraqi legislation and international conventions , in terms of the size and the factors leading to and forms , and the implications of it .It also aimed to identify how to address them to reduce the dangers in the framework of international legislation and to identify programs and actions taken to address them . we find during the study that the level of working children is increasing and the economic factor is the main cause o child labor , followed by group education and results showed that that many international legislation and Iraqi law governing child labor , but the problem is not to apply many of them, as shown by a number of programs geared toward child labor at the government and private sector . Finally , we put the recommendations , including preventive and which contribute to the reduction of the increased magnitude of the phenomenon and recommendations governing the conditions of working children .