Legal Mechanisms of Criminalizing the Use of Children in Iran's Criminal Laws and International Documents

The worst forms of child labor include all forms of slavery and similar methods, prostitution and the production of shows and images that are called pornography, as well as other illegal activities such as transporting and distributing drugs. The International Labor Office insists that such actions are not only crimes but also economic exploitation that has nothing to do with the traditional concept of work.

This research is of a theoretical type and the research method is descriptive-analytical and the method of collecting information is library-based and by referring to documents, books and articles.

Ethical Considerations: 

In this research, the principles of trustworthiness, honesty, neutrality and originality of the work have been respected.

Iran's labor law considers childhood and adolescence to be different. The labor law also calls people under 15 years old as children and 15 to 18 years old as teenagers. In the labor law, there is no gender difference in the definition of a child and all people under the age of 15 are considered children and according to the 17th principle of the constitution, this should be considered as 15 years of age.

What is prohibited in various conventions today is work that is harmful to the physical, mental and psychological health of children and adolescents and disrupts the child's growth. Because work that is beneficial is not forbidden and is one of the examples of worthy work. Therefore, in this context, one should distinguish between the work that has an exploitative aspect and the work that has a positive effect on the child's development and what is intended by this research is the same concept that has a harmful aspect and is also intended by international documents.