Child labour Laws in Haiti
May 21, 2013 2:52 AM
Haitian law prohibits child slavery and labor, Haiti's labor laws prohibit the employment of children below the age of 15.
Restavek in Haiti, the Vlad Sokhin photographs
A law passed in 2003 specifically outlawed child domestic work and the placement of children into restavek service.
Despite these laws, child slavery is a persistent and growing problem in Haiti.
Child slaves are known in Haitian Creole as restaveks, a word that comes from the French "rester avec" or "to stay with".
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