The working definition of child labor is; work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity and which is harmful to their physical and/or mental development. Someone is considered a child under the age of 18. Refers to work that: Is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous to children, Interferes with their education by: Depriving them of the opportunity to attend school; Forcing them to leave school prematurely; or Require them to try to combine school attendance with excessively long and arduous work. The age of working children is between 5 and 17 years and, according to a 2012 statistic, it is estimated that there are 168 million working children worldwide. On average, one in seven children is a child worker. Child workers are considered a great source of employment because they are cheap, easy to control and unaware of their rights. Many children work long, grueling hours in poor conditions and often do not even receive pay. Challenging authorities in the workplace often leads to beating children, and work quickly becomes slavery. Although they are cheaper than adults, children are at much higher risk when working in environments deemed safe for adults. Some of these health and developmental risk factors include: rapid skeletal growth, organ and tissue development, increased risks of hearing loss, poorer risk assessment skills, increased need for food and rest, chemical absorption rates higher, etc. Child labor gives rise to psychological effects such as social anxiety, depression and maintains mental development through social interaction and learning. There are many forms of child labor such as mining, agricultural work (especially in the cocoa industry), domestic/servant work...... middle of paper ......al The organization of work has created agreements to prevent and regulate child labor in all its forms. Child labor violates the principles established in various international treaties, which are integrated into the human rights framework. ILO Minimum Age Convention 138 is one of which 135 countries have signed and entitles to the following factors: (According to ICCLE). Despite massive efforts by the ILO and the participation of over 100 countries, child labor continues to be a major problem in developing countries because there seems to be no alternative. The United Nations supports human rights on an international scale and has demonstrated this by creating treaties and conventions to stimulate government participation in equality and human rights movements. The Convention on the Rights of the Child was created in 1989 to create a human rights framework for children. (According to ICCLE).