Children's rights and the mining sector

Highlights

UNICEF's 2014 Pilot Project aimed to identify how mining companies impact children's rights and assess how these impacts are managed. Through in-depth engagement with companies, stakeholder interviews, and extensive research, the project revealed key insights.

Findings show that while mining companies recognize children as vulnerable community members, they often struggle to understand direct impacts on children, focusing instead on broader family or community effects. This oversight leads to critical gaps in social and human rights due diligence, leaving specific impacts on children unaddressed.

This summary document highlights the need for mining companies to consider children as distinct stakeholders and integrate child rights into their risk assessment processes.