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The state of human rights in Qatar is a concern for several non-governmental organisations, such as the Human Rights Watch (HRW), which reported in 2012 that hundreds of thousands of mostly South Asian migrant workers in construction in Qatar risk serious exploitation and abuse, sometimes amounting to forced labour.
There have been several criticisms and controversies of perceived human rights violations related to the organisation and hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. [1] [2] [3] There have long been concerns for the state of human rights in Qatar, with the state accused of sportswashing in hosting the World Cup.
The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) is a government-appointed human rights commission based in the State of Qatar. [1] Established in 2002, it has been tasked with the responsibility of overseeing and carrying out investigations on human rights abuses in the country.
Under immense pressure from human rights groups, Western media and the International Labor Organization, Qatar agreed in 2019 to abolish kafala. Today, by law, in theory, migrant workers in Qatar ...
The government of Qatar took the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations' International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday, accusing it of human rights violations as a result of a boycott enacted ...
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and several other advocacy groups launched a campaign six months ago, demanding Qatar and the FIFA world soccer federation compensate migrant workers.
A political cartoon depicting slave labour in the construction of the stadiums in Qatar ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup [7] (see also: Slavery in Qatar). In a December 2021 interview with Al Jazeera, FIFA's secretary-general Fatma Samoura said that FIFA had developed a general framework to structure and guide the implementation of its human rights responsibilities and commitment, published in ...
The Australian national soccer team, known as the Socceroos, have issued a collective statement about the human rights record of Qatar, the country set to host the World Cup beginning in November ...