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August 24, 2021 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights on Qatar

69th Pre-Session

Skyline with the skyscrapers in the financial area of Doha, the capital of Qatar. © 2017 Sergi Reboredo/AP Images
June 16, 2021 Dispatches

Progress on Domestic Workers’ Rights, but Gaps Remain

Video Celebrates the 10-Year Anniversary of a Landmark Treaty

Domestic worker and human rights organizations join forces in Geneva, to demonstrate alongside the opening policy negotiations. June 2010.
June 16, 2021 Interview

Celebrating 10 Years of Global Domestic Workers’ Rights

How an Undervalued Workforce and Allies Secured Sweeping Labor Protections

Domestic worker leaders chant “Up up domestic workers, down down with slavery” after the ILO vote to adopt the Domestic Workers Convention, June 16, 2011
March 4, 2021 Commentary

Hit Hard by Covid, Women Demand Fairer Post-Pandemic World

Women domestic workers, many of whom lost their jobs after the coronavirus outbreak, shout slogans at a protest demanding social security from the government in Bengaluru, India, June 15, 2020.
March 4, 2021 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the United Arab Emirates

80th Pre-Session

March 4, 2021 News Release

UAE: Greater Progress Needed on Women's Rights

Significant Discrimination Against Women, Girls in Law and Practice

A foreign domestic worker with a child under a billboard in the United Arab Emirates.
November 4, 2020 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Lebanon

79th Pre-Session

November 4, 2020 News Release

Lebanon: Broken Promises On Women’s Rights

UN Review Should Focus on Increased Protection Against Violence, Bias

Women shout slogans and wave the Lebanese flag during a demonstration in down town Beirut.
October 30, 2020 Dispatches

What Will it Take for Saudi Arabia to Abolish Abusive Sponsorship System?

Migrant Workers Face Abuse and Exploitation

Trapped in Employer's home
October 30, 2020 News Release

Lebanon: Blow to Migrant Domestic Worker Rights

Reinstate Contract; Amend Labor Law

Protestors holding banners calling for the abolishment of Lebanon's controversial kafala sponsorship system.
October 21, 2020 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Morocco

79th Pre-Session

August 31, 2020 Letter

Coalition Urges Relief for Resilience in the US Food and Farm System

Pandemic Response to Protect and Increase Resilience in the Food and Farm System

Workers line up to enter the Tyson Foods port processing plant in Logansport, Indiana, May 7, 2020.
August 24, 2020 News Release

Qatar: Little Progress on Protecting Migrant Workers

As World Cup Draws Closer, Government Yet to Meet Key Reform Promises

Migrant workers in Qatar represent about 95 per cent of the country’s labor force. These workers are building the country’s infrastructure, hotels, and stadiums, and powering its service sector. 
July 27, 2020 Report

Lebanon: Abolish Kafala (Sponsorship) System

Adopt Rights-Respecting Contract for Migrant Domestic Workers

Protestors holding banners calling for the abolishment of Lebanon's controversial kafala sponsorship system.
July 10, 2020 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Oman

July 2020

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