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Exploitation, Forced Labor & Trafficking

Middle East/North Africa

August 23, 2022
Commentary
The World Cup is Exciting, Lucrative, and Deadly

Minky Worden

Director of Global Initiatives

Published in: Newsweek
Germany

August 12, 2022
Dispatches
What German Football Can Do to Remedy Abuses in Qatar

David Fischer

Media Coordinator, Germany
Middle East/North Africa

March 29, 2022
Q & A
10 Questions Journalists Should Ask FIFA and Qatari Authorities About Rights Abuses

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Reports

May 26, 2021 Report

“I Must Work to Eat”

Covid-19, Poverty, and Child Labor in Ghana, Nepal, and Uganda
December 22, 2020 Report

Qatar: Wage Abuse Action Shortchanges Workers

Workers Still Owed Wages for Months After Informing Government of Abuse
December 18, 2020 Report

Italy: Flawed Migrant Regularization Program

Opportunity to Learn Lessons for Future
September 24, 2020 Report

Qatar: Significant Labor and Kafala Reforms

Enforcement Needed, Other Provisions in Effect Still Carry Risk of Abuse

News

August 23, 2022 Commentary

The World Cup is Exciting, Lucrative, and Deadly
August 12, 2022 Dispatches

What German Football Can Do to Remedy Abuses in Qatar

Football Association Pledges to Press FIFA to Compensate Migrant Workers
March 29, 2022 Q & A

10 Questions Journalists Should Ask FIFA and Qatari Authorities About Rights Abuses
March 29, 2022 News Release

FIFA, Qatar Should Meet Rights Commitments

10 Questions Journalists Should Raise at the 72nd FIFA Congress in Doha
January 13, 2022 News Release

Maldives: Extremist Attacks Go Unpunished

Investigations, Prosecutions Fall Short
January 5, 2022 Commentary

Human Rights Abuses Will Taint the Olympics and the World Cup. It’s Time to End ‘Sportswashing’ Now.
August 24, 2021 Statement

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

69th Pre-Session
August 24, 2021 Statement

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

69th Pre-Session
June 17, 2021 Letter

Joint Letter to Secretary Blinken: Proposed Thailand Law Threatens Civil Society Organizations Combatting Human Trafficking
March 27, 2021 News Release

China: Companies Should Resist Boycott Threats

Government Warns H&M, Nike
March 25, 2021 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Labor Reforms Insufficient

Abusive Elements Remain; Changes Exclude Domestic Workers
March 8, 2021 Dispatches

Japanese Firms to Reassess Businesses Using Xinjiang Forced Labor

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