A/HRC/42/44/Add.1 110. The Special Rapporteur urges the Government of Italy to prevent labour exploitation more effectively by addressing its root causes, by recognizing migrants as rights holders and by promoting their social inclusion in society. She calls on the Government to protect migrant workers from labour exploitation, regardless of their migration status, and to increase access to regular, decent work. In that regard, the specific needs of women and men must be addressed. The Special Rapporteur remains available to provide any support in the full and effective implementation of her recommendations and she encourages the international community, and particularly the European Union, to provide its support. VI. Recommendations A. Recommendations to the Government Legal and institutional framework for protection from labour exploitation 111. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Include or strengthen the focus on contemporary forms of slavery and labour exploitation in national anti-trafficking initiatives, for example in the national action plan against human trafficking and labour exploitation that is being developed; (b) Strengthen legal and social protection pathways for victims of labour exploitation; (c) Strengthen the capacity of the labour inspectorate by allocating additional resources in order to ensure effective inspections of farms, including in remote areas, and increase inspections regarding the payment of social security contributions; (d) Ensure that labour inspections are free from corruption and guarantee the safety and security of inspectors and of workers. Labour inspectors should be relieved from any immigration enforcement functions. Furthermore, labour inspections in the agricultural sector should be increased and labour inspectorates should consider cooperating with cultural mediators in order to gain the trust of migrant workers; (e) Train labour inspectors in identifying indicators of forced labour and how to secure the protection of exploited migrant workers; (f) Establish public local employment centres that match the supply of and demand for workers in the agricultural sector in order to avoid the intervention of intermediaries and to increase the transparency of recruitment processes; (g) Provide access to regular labour opportunities for migrants, based on the demand from employers, including in agriculture. To that end, elaborate comprehensive policies in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and in particular target 8.7; (h) Strengthen local networks of quality agricultural work and increase incentives for enterprises to protect employees’ rights and implement the contractual conditions established by the national and provincial collective labour agreements; (i) Improve the effectiveness of criminal investigations and consider expanding the jurisdiction of the anti-mafia directorate over the caporalato, as it is often linked to organized crime; (j) Ratify the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29); (k) Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; 17