Child Labour-A dilemma

It has indeed became a very common instance to exploit the young generation, particularly the children, for child labour, slavery, sex work, trafficking and much more. However,
Nov. 20, 1959. Principle #9 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child states:
"The child shall be protected against all forms of neglect, cruelty and exploitation. He shall not be the subject of traffic, in any form. The child shall not be admitted to employment before an appropriate minimum age; he shall in no case be caused or permitted to engage in any occupation or employment which would prejudice his health or education, or interfere with his physical, mental or moral development."
The International Labour Organization reports that 246 million children are child labourers and 73 million of those children are under 10 years old. These children work in agriculture, in factories, as domestic servants, in hotels, restaurants and in the sex trade. There are child labourers in every country in the world; however the majority are concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region. Children are often slaves or bonded into labour and they work the most tedious dangerous jobs. Every year over 22,000 children die in work-related accidents.
Stories of child labour are very common. Iqbal Mash, a 12 year old Pakistani boy, who worked in a carpet factory 12 hours a day since he was five. He owed 13000 Rs to his owner, while earned a rupee per day. Hence, he finally escaped and became an internationally recognised for his work against child labour with different organisations and achieved in 1994, the Reebok Human Rights Award.
However, there was a cost to his fame. As he became internationally recognized, he also began to receive death perils from powerful members of the Pakistani carpet industry. On a visit home to Pakistan, Iqbal was riding a bike with his two cousins when he was killed. The crime has remained unsolved.
The dilemma is that have we truly blinded? Do we no more care about Human Rights? Where are the Human Right activists who scream and shout and proclaim to be the safe guards of the rights of minor? Iqbal Masih has been killed and so will others, if we don’t take any step or action against this immorality.