Roundtable on Child Labour and CSR

16/05/08: A roundtable meeting organised by the Alliance2015's Stop Child Labour – School is the best place to work campaign took place on 13 May in the European Parliament.

Participants were addressed by two keynote speakers: Thijs Berman MEP and Richard Howitt MEP, who discussed concrete public policies, including regulatory measures, to be introduced by the European Union and its member states to eradicate child labour in the framework of corporate social responsibility.

Click on the following links for additional information about the roundtable:

• Press Release - Stop Child Labour and Members of the European Parliament present concrete proposals to the European Commission to combat child labour
• IPS News article - Europe: Call to link trade with children's rights 
• Meeting Report - Child Labour and Corporate Social Responsibility: What should the EU do?
• Action Plan for Companies to Combat Child Labour - Out of work and into school
• Recommendations to the EU on Child labour and Corporate Social Responsibility