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In the framework of the commemoration of the Day of the Fight against Forced Labor the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion MTPE ratified this Monday February 1 its commitment to face this crime and continue implementing actions to eradicate in 2025 this practice that affects the human rights of those who are victims of this social problem.This was stated by the head of this office Javier Palacios Gallegos who specified that our country considers this practice as a crime that constitutes a clear impact on decent work and the purpose of building a society free of violence and with equal opportunities.During the webinar Progress and challenges in the implementation of the policy for the Fight against Forced Labor in Peru he recalled that in 2007 the Peruvian State began the fight against this scourge when it created the National Commission for the Fight against Labor Forced CNLCTF through Supreme Decree No. 001-2007-TR.Through this working group national plans have been drawn up to combat this scourge. To date the III National Plan for the Fight against Forced Labor 2019-2022 is in force the objective of which is to reduce this practice through joint actions between different State entities that lead to reducing the tolerance of the population towards this crime.As a pioneer country of Alliance 8.7 we ratify our commitment to accelerate the processes to eradicate forced labor in order to ensure the freedom and safety of people as well as the full exercise of their human rights said the Minister of Work and Employment Promotion.The director of the Office for the Andean Countries of the International Labor Organization - ILO Philippe Vanhuynegem participated in the aforementioned event and recognized the efforts made by our country to end this problem.He also pointed out that the current Covid-19 pandemic situation may intensify the factors and causes of forced labor and increase the general risks for the poorly paid population. It is required to work on the structural causes of the problem and through the articulation of the different actors such as the central government civil society businessmen and workers. Also in various areas such as crime prevention through campaigns awareness-raising among actors at the local level social protection of the victims themselves as well as much more forceful inspection and supervision he said.
