COMPLAINT (article 26) - 2014 - QATAR - C029, C081

Delegates to the 103rd Session (2014) of the International Labour Conference

Closed

Complaint alleging non-observance by Qatar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), and the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947(No. 81), made by delegates to the 103rd Session (2014) of the International Labour Conference under article 26 of the ILO Constitution

Decision

1. At its 331st Session of November 2017, recalling the decisions adopted at its 329th Session (March 2017), and commending (i) the measures taken by the Government to effectively implement Law No. 21 of 2015 relating to the entry, exit and residence of migrant workers and to follow up on the high-level visit assessment, (ii) the official transmission of Law No. 15 of 22 August 2017 on Domestic Workers and of the Law establishing Workers’ Dispute Resolution Committees of 16 August 2017, (iii) the information provided on the technical cooperation programme between the Government of Qatar and the ILO (2018–20), the Governing Body:
   • (a) supported the agreed technical cooperation programme and its implementation modalities between the Government of Qatar and the ILO;
   • (b) decided to close the complaint procedure under article 26.

1. (Document GB.331/INS/13(Rev.), November 2017)