The International Labour Organization's Role in Nationalizing the International Movement to Abolish Child Labor

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I. INTRODUCTION

Despite public support for ending the worst forms of child labor and increased awareness regarding the issue, child labor remains a global problem.1 Organizations such as the International Labour Organization ("ILO") have been attempting to address this problem by monitoring progress in various countries, collecting and publishing data on child labor, and providing technical assistance to help governments curtail child labor, particularly its worst forms.2 These additional strategies have only yielded slow progress. Observers have indicated that the main problem is the ILO's inability or unwillingness to impose enforcement measures on its members.3 Some have argued …