Three international human rights organizations filed a complaint with the International Coalition of National Human Rights Institutions, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Commission of the European Parliament and the President of FIFA, against the head of the National Human Rights Commission in Qatar, Ali Ben Smeikh Al-Marri. Violations of serious human rights in Doha, including the killing of 1,200 workers at the facilities of the 2022 World Cup hosted by Qatar.
The complaint coincided with the conference "National, Regional and International Mechanisms to Combat Impunity and Ensure Accountability under International Law" at the Ritz-Carlton Doha, and will continue until tomorrow, organized by the National Human Rights Commission of Qatar.
The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain and Europe, the African Organization for Heritage and Human Rights, and the Gulf League for Rights and Freedoms, in its complaint, called on Al-Marri to cover the killing of more than 1,200 foreign workers in the construction of sports facilities for the World Cup hosted by Qatar in 2022, And the exploitation of its committee to polish the image of Qatar, conceal serious human rights violations, organize conferences and use the funds of Qatar to politicize human rights issues for the benefit of his country.
The three organizations called on the International Alliance of National Institutions to open an investigation into the lack of credibility of its Secretary-General, which is also occupied by Ali bin Samih al-Marri, and the lack of credibility and concealment of violations in Qatar. The rights of victims of workers and their families who died in the World Cup sports facilities in Qatar Its competence and its commission under international law, and their impunity.
The three human rights organizations are scheduled to hold a press conference in Geneva soon to announce the "Fact Finding" campaign in Qatar.
"With the start of the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar, an Amnesty International report highlights Qatar's record of migrant workers' rights. As Qatar finally embarked on a reform process and promised to address the widespread exploitation of workers and harmonize its laws and practices with international labor standards, But foreign workers in Qatar remain vulnerable to serious abuses, including forced labor and restrictions on freedom of movement. More than 1,200 workers have died since the country won the 2022 World Cup.
"Time is running out if the Qatari authorities want to provide an inheritance that we can all rejoice in, that is, the introduction of a system of action that ends the abuse and misery that many migrant workers face every day," said Amnesty International Deputy Director of Global Affairs Steven Cukburn.
According to a report published by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), nearly 1,200 workers have died since 2010, and the International Confederation of Trade Unions predicts there will be at least 4,000 deaths by the time the World Cup begins in 2022.
Migrant workers, who belong to some of the world's poorest countries and work in sectors such as construction, hospitality and domestic service, account for 95% of the labor force in Qatar, but as more workers move to Qatar in search of economic opportunities, The most common complaints of migrant workers are non-payment of wages and delayed payment.
Researchers met with dozens of construction workers who had been barred from leaving Qatar for months by employers, leaving them trapped without any way out. The abuse and exploitation of low-wage migrant workers, sometimes amounting to forced labor and human trafficking, has been widely documented since Grant the World Cup to Qatar.
Representatives of the families of migrant workers killed and already injured at construction sites in Qatar called on FIFA to hand over the tournament to another country unless the Doha leadership could ensure workers' safety quickly.