June 2015

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   Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention

   Niger signs up to end modern slavery

   05 June 2015

   Niger has ratified the 2014 Protocol to the 1930 ILO Forced Labour Convention, as part of a renewed global effort to eradicate modern slavery. The Protocol, a legally binding instrument, brings the existing convention into the modern era, with new provisions on prevention, protection and victims’ access to remedies.