%0 Journal Article %T Dilemmas in Applying International Social Security Standards %A Pennings, Frans %J Studia z Zakresu Prawa Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (Studies on Labour Law and Social Policy) %V 2015 %N Vol. 22 %K employee, International Labour Organisation, labour rights %@ 1429-9585 %D 2015 %U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/szppips/artykul/dilemmas-in-applying-international-social-security-standards %X International standards are still important for social security. In times in which globalisation means an increasing form of competition, the old idea that competition should not  take place by means of social security is still valid. Moreover now this globalisation means that countries which so far had been treated as third world countries are rapidly becoming economic powers, it becomes the more import_ant to convince them that a basic form of protection is needed