6.2.3

Principle 6: Respect for rights of actors involved in BioTrade activities

Criteria	Guidance	Evidence & Scoring	Importance & Applicability
Criteria 6.2: Criteria 6.2: Children’s rights are respected 6.2.3 Family labour involving children is only accepted if: - It concerns work that does not jeopardize their physical and/or moral well-being - It does not hinder children’s education and personal development, including the right to play and to participate in recreational activities, as defined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - Children below 15 years old are accompanied by an adult	Family labour involving children is always done in the perspective of the family context in their own farms/areas. Sometimes, one family can support another family in their own farms/areas in the community support context and this is acceptable if the rules of this criteria are met. One example of this support between families is when one family calls other families to work on their field for a certain duty one day and in the next time, they will all work on a field of a different family. Any work done by the children cannot jeopardize their physical well-being (e.g. they can never apply agrochemicals, activities involving climbing trees need to be avoided by children, etc). It is important to take the local context into consideration for the rules on children to be accompanied by an adult, for example sometimes the children may go alone to the crop to do some activities, because the crop is surrounding the house of the family and this can be acceptable if there is no risk to their physical well-being.	INTERVIEWS Conversations with farmers and collectors to identify whether there is support from their children on cultivation/collection activities. Identify what kind of activities the children are doing. It is important to interview the children to hear from them directly what they are doing to support their family. In the interviews, it is important to understand whether the children are going to the school normally and if the support that they are providing to the family in cultivation/collection is not jeopardizing their development in school. In case there is any mistrust during the audit, the auditor can decide to visit the school and double check information provided by family/children. OBSERVATION The auditor is required to observe what types of activities the children are doing. It is important to check if the work can jeopardize their physical well-being. DOCUMENTATION In case there is any mistrust during the audit, the auditor can ask for school records from the parents or directly from the school. Scoring guidance 0 - Children are performing work that is jeopardizing their physical and/or moral well-being and hindering their education and personal development while also not being accompanied by an adult 1 - Although the children are accompanied by an adult, the work is jeopardizing their physical and/or moral well-being and/or hindering their education and personal development 2 - Score is not an option for this criterion 3 - Children of family members are labouring accompanied by an adult and the duties do not jeopardize their physical and/or moral well-being or hindering their education and personal development	Importance Critical Applicability Cultivation & wild collection SbS Field operators

Criteria

Guidance

Evidence & Scoring

Importance & Applicability

Criteria 6.2: Criteria 6.2: Children’s rights are respected

6.2.3

Family labour involving children is only accepted if:

- It concerns work that does not jeopardize their physical and/or moral well-being

- It does not hinder children’s education and personal development, including the right to play and to participate in recreational activities, as defined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

- Children below 15 years old are accompanied by an adult

Family labour involving children is always done in the perspective of the family context in their own farms/areas. Sometimes, one family can support another family in their own farms/areas in the community support context and this is acceptable if the rules of this criteria are met. One example of this support between families is when one family calls other families to work on their field for a certain duty one day and in the next time, they will all work on a field of a different family. Any work done by the children cannot jeopardize their physical well-being (e.g. they can never apply agrochemicals, activities involving climbing trees need to be avoided by children, etc). It is important to take the local context into consideration for the rules on children to be accompanied by an adult, for example sometimes the children may go alone to the crop to do some activities, because the crop is surrounding the house of the family and this can be acceptable if there is no risk to their physical well-being.

INTERVIEWS

Conversations with farmers and collectors to identify whether there is support from their children on cultivation/collection activities. Identify what kind of activities the children are doing. It is important to interview the children to hear from them directly what they are doing to support their family. In the interviews, it is important to understand whether the children are going to the school normally and if the support that they are providing to the family in cultivation/collection is not jeopardizing their development in school. In case there is any mistrust during the audit, the auditor can decide to visit the school and double check information provided by family/children.

OBSERVATION

The auditor is required to observe what types of activities the children are doing. It is important to check if the work can jeopardize their physical well-being.

DOCUMENTATION

In case there is any mistrust during the audit, the auditor can ask for school records from the parents or directly from the school.

Scoring guidance

0 - Children are performing work that is jeopardizing their physical and/or moral well-being and hindering their education and personal development while also not being accompanied by an adult
1 - Although the children are accompanied by an adult, the work is jeopardizing their physical and/or moral well-being and/or hindering their education and personal development
2 - Score is not an option for this criterion
3 - Children of family members are labouring accompanied by an adult and the duties do not jeopardize their physical and/or moral well-being or hindering their education and personal development

Importance
Critical

Applicability

Cultivation & wild collection

SbS

Field operators

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6.2.3

Principle 6: Respect for rights of actors involved in BioTrade activities

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