NO EXTRA TIME: HOW QATAR IS STILL FAILING ON WORKERS RIGHTS AHEAD OF THE WORLD CUP
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1 NO EXTRA TIME: HOW QATAR IS STILL FAILING ON WORKERS RIGHTS AHEAD OF THE WORLD CUP Amnesty International November 2014
2 Qatar s reaction TV interview, Qatar Emir says poor labor conditions not acceptable, The Dark Side of Migration: Spotlight on Qatar s construction sector ahead of the World Cup My Sleep is my Break : Exploitation of migrant domestic workers in Qatar Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, Human Rights Council, Comments by the Qatari Government on the report of the Special Rapporteur, Qatar s Foreign Policy 7 Migrant Labour in the Construction Sector in the State of Qatar 9 Qatar announces wide-ranging labour market reforms, Qatar s kafala amendments to be made by year-end or 2015, No Extra Time: How Qatar is still failing on workers rights ahead of the World Cup
3 What Qatar was urged to do 7 in some cases the recommendations do not go as far as the Qatar abolishes kafala? The reality 9 Amnesty International November 2014
4 Real commitment to change? WITH A VIEW TOWARDS FULL REFORM, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS ON QATAR TO IMMEDIATELY TAKE THE FOLLOWING STEPS: WORLD CUP STADIUMS Workers Welfare Standards, edition 1, Qatar World Cup stadium workers earn as little as 45p an hour, No Extra Time: How Qatar is still failing on workers rights ahead of the World Cup
5 ISSUE: Migrant workers are prevented from leaving the country by their employers, who deny them ACTUAL PROGRESS: Amnesty International November 2014
6 ISSUE: The restrictive sponsorship or kafala system strengthen and protect the rights of ACTUAL PROGRESS: No Extra Time: How Qatar is still failing on workers rights ahead of the World Cup
7 ISSUE: Domestic workers have no protection for their labour rights under the law, and can suffer physical and sexual marriage and stop the practice of detaining women with their The report does conditions of ACTUAL PROGRESS: ISSUE: with companies in crisis and assist ACTUAL PROGRESS: Amnesty International November 2014
8 ISSUE: Workers pay large recruitment fees to migrate to Qatar and /or are made false promises about their salaries or not charged and that contracts signed ACTUAL PROGRESS: No Extra Time: How Qatar is still failing on workers rights ahead of the World Cup
9 ISSUES: Conditions on-site for construction workers are harsh the State of Qatar commissions an ACTUAL PROGRESS: Amnesty International November 2014
10 ISSUE: Access to justice for victims of labour exploitation UN Department and free representation in ACTUAL PROGRESS: ISSUE: Migrant workers are forbidden from forming UN SAYS: ACTUAL PROGRESS: No Extra Time: How Qatar is still failing on workers rights ahead of the World Cup
11 ISSUE: Labour standards, including accommodation, - accommodation standards for their Monitoring and enforcement of ACTUAL PROGRESS: ABOUT THIS TABLE SOURCES: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, The Dark Side of Migration: Spotlight on Qatar s construction sector ahead of the World Cup Qatar Minister of Labour details progress on labour law reforms, Guardian newspaper My Sleep is my Break : Exploitation of migrant domestic workers in Qatar Qatar announces wide-ranging labour market reforms, Qatar s response to the UN s Universal Period Review recommendations in September 2014, Dohanews Amnesty International November 2014
12 TIMELINE 25 SEPTEMBER 2013: 1 MAY 2014: 3 OCTOBER 2013: 18 NOVEMBER 2013: 8 MAY 2014: 14 MAY 2014: 20 NOVEMBER 2013: 21 NOVEMBER 2013: 11 FEBRUARY 2014: 23 APRIL 2014: 23 APRIL 2014: 20 JUNE 2014: 13 JULY 2014: 16 JULY 2014: 31 AUGUST 2014: 26 SEPTEMBER 2014: Amnesty International 12 REMOVING AN UNECCESARY BURDEN AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MARCH 2014, English, November 2014 Amnesty International, International Secretariat, Peter Benenson House, 1 Easton Street, London WC1X 0DW, United Kingdom Cover image: Construction workers, Doha, Qatar. Richard Messenger
NO EXTRA TIME: HOW QATAR IS STILL FAILING ON WORKERS RIGHTS AHEAD OF THE WORLD CUP
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