THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION FACTORS ON CHILDREN’S HEALTH

Abstract

According to the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and the regulations of the World Health Organization, the right to health and the right to life are interconnected. However, the right to life may be a starting point in the context of the right to health. The issue of ensuring the right to life and health protection of certain sections of society, in particular, children working in agriculture, is on the agenda. To analyze the provisions of international law and scientific literature on the effects of workplace factors on the health of children working in agriculture and to examine the existing limitations of such effects. International acts, data of international organizations and conclusions of scientists have been examined and used in the study. The study also summarizes information from scientific journals and monographs from a medical and legal point of view with scientific methods. The article is based on dialectical, comparative, analytic, synthetic and comprehensive research methods. In the context of preserving the right to health and the right to life, children are the most vulnerable categories of agricultural workers. Working conditions and workplace safety in agriculture for minors have to be properly organized. The level of traumatization, occupational morbidity and above all, the standard of health of child labourers in agriculture depend on the level of proper organization of occupational safety. In many countries, the state of the working environment and safety for child labourers in agriculture and, accordingly, the standard of their health remain unsatisfactory.