Who says child labour is bad?
As taking children out of plantation farming and factories may have even worse consequences for them, as this may lead them to be forced into even more harmful activities such as prostitution, we must discuss alternatives before sentencing poor parents and greedy employers vying for money-pinching consumers abroad (and at home).
In Public International Law, forced labour is prohibited (ius cogens). And the Right to Education is granted under treatry law (ICESCR). These principles, and Public morals, would then mean obligations by home and host states alike, and include precaution and liability of international financial institutions. From there we can move to corporate governance, transparency, retailers and happy consumers buying food without information on the production methods including child labour.
Seems we must talk context - and read relevant literature and WTO case law condoning child labour - before shooting with our pens and gobbling chocolate from cocoa most probably produced by children!
Dr. Christian Häberli