International Labor Organization
      Many reformers try to eliminate child labor by fighting for civil rights and laws in an attempt to decrease the percent of child labor. Alternately, they hope to increase the number of children attending school. In 1919, the Minimum Age Convention No. 5 of the Geneva-based International Labor Organization (ILO) altered several aspects of child labor. The Convention established fourteen years of age as the minimum age for children to be employed in the work force. After many years, laws for fourteen year olds were successfully implemented by most of the industries. In 1973, the ILO convention changed the minimum age for children to be employed to work at fifteen years of age. One of the significant reasons was that the older the children have a better chance to reach the highest standard of health and education. Having children work at a young age is not a good long term financial solution for a given country. In fact, it lowers the standard of the country in the future and education should be the priority for these younger children.

United Nation General Assembly
     Seven years after the first ILO convention in 1919, the United Nation General Assembly adopted the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child. This Convention included the full range of public political, economic, social and cultural rights for all children in America. They believed that there was a strong connection between children's rights and the survival and development of a child. If children do not even have fundamental rights such as living a life full of happiness during their childhood, then they will be cut short of life success.