TRABALHO INFANTIL NO BRASIL: O RECONHECIMENTO DAS CRIANÇAS COMO SUJEITO DE DIREITOS

Abstract

This article analyzes the history of child labor in Brazil, after the edition of the Child and Adolescent Statute, as well as its national and international historical trajectory and the impacts caused when children and adolescents were not recognized as subjects of rights, becoming victims the exploitation of child labor. Initially, the historical context and its development are analyzed, the aspects of child labor are understood. Subsequently, observe national and international standards, designed and developed to raise awareness and break with the paradigm of child labor, the implementation of Disciplinary Institutes, comparing them with the current reality, as well as the effects of standards with the implementation of public policies aimed at protection of children and adolescents. The research is bibliographic, data on child labor in Brazil was collected on the Smartlab platform, using the deductive method. Negative results were observed in the adult life of people who were somehow forcibly involved in early work. With this, it was possible to realize that children and adolescents were hardly able to break the stigma caused by child labor, which is why the importance of creating norms and public policies is the historical milestone, of the advent of the Federal Constitution of 1988 and, above all, with the institution of the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA) to preserve a childhood free from painful work.