Child Rights Champions: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi & Basu Rai Speak at UN Panel in Geneva 2018

To mark the 20th Anniversary of Global March Against Child Labour (Global March) as well as the World Day Against Child Labour, Global March and the International Labour Organization (ILO) organised a joint event on 4 June 2018 during the International Labour Conference (ILC) at the Palais des Nations, Geneva.  The event, in the form of a panel discussion, saw the participation of dignitaries and panellists including the ILO Director-General, Mr Guy Ryder; Nobel Peace Laureate, Mr Kailash Satyarthi; the youngest core marcher of Global March Against Child Labour, Basu Rai; former child labourer in agriculture, Zulema Lopez; as well as Sue Longley, General Secretary of the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) and Nazrene Mannie, from the Board of Business Unity in South Africa.