Child labour: Protecting the rights of the child

A young girl in Kampong Cham, Cambodia, collecting used plastic bottles to sell for a few pence Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/Public Domain Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/guardian.co.uk A boy in India trying to sell flowers at car windows Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/Public Domain Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/guardian.co.uk A 12-year-old boy polishes copper teapots in Marrakech, Morocco Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/Public Domain Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/guardian.co.uk A five-year-old girl picking cotton with her parents in Peru. No "paga nada", they say - they are paid next to nothing for their harvest Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/Public Domain Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/guardian.co.uk Children near Malolo, in the Philippines, gather recyclable rubbish to sell to "junk-shops", which sell it on for a profit Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/Public Domain Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/guardian.co.uk A 12-year-old Romanian girl plays the accordion in the street in Hertogenbosch, in the Netherlands Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/Public Domain Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/guardian.co.uk A mother and daughter in Ghana processing raw palm kernels into oil by hand Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/Public Domain Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/guardian.co.uk An Ethiopian boy taking fresh bread to the morning market Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/Public Domain Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/guardian.co.uk Mothers and children working in a brick factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/Public Domain Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/guardian.co.uk Three brothers in Firozabad, near Delhi, India, making glass bangles with tiny decorations Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/Public Domain Photograph: Peter de Ruiter/guardian.co.uk