Formas de sancionar la explotación laboral infantil en Colombia

Abstract

Child labor exploitation is one of the phenomena that has affected minors belonging to low-income families or with economic problems, not having the possibility of accessing an education, a factor that affects their mental development and physical health, What with the passage of time, world organizations such as the UN and the ILO have contributed to nations implementing protection mechanisms for minors and that they do not have contact with forced labor and that their rights are protected. In Colombia, the Childhood and Adolescence Code has sought the eradication of child labor, just as the high courts have ruled on the issue, always in favor of finding solutions so that children under 18 years of age have access to education. and good personal development. Among the possible implications that also make minors work informally, whether in activities such as begging, agricultural, mining or commercial work, is the low possibility that their guardians do not have jobs that provide them with the guarantee of a economic stability for both them and their nucleus, forcing their minor children on many occasions to drop out of their studies and start their working life receiving very little money as compensation, without any type of protection and even ignoring regulations such as health and safety at work, living wage, social benefits, among other guarantees. However, on some occasions these minors are used to carry out illegal activities such as the issuance of hallucinogens, theft and on some occasions even homicides, all in order to be able to help their families financially and with the security that they will not be tried as adults. in the understanding that the law manages to protect these minors in the case of being brought to account before justice for said actions.