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# Confronting the root causes of forced labour: limited labour protection
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/confronting-root-caus-3/
- Published: 2019-03-19T16:43:58.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-21T16:56:57.000Z
- Description: Freedom from forced labour depends on workers' ability to access labour protections. Why are so many them unable to do so?
- Author: Genevieve LeBaron
- Tags: Home, #Migrated, Confronting Root Causes Report, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 11:26, #ImagesUploaded, #appended-excerpt

> The decline of ‘standard’ work and the labour protections that came with it has been a major component of globalisation.

Freedom from forced labour depends on workers' ability to access labour protections. Why are so many them unable to do so?