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teaching and administrative personnel, and leaflets and handbooks for teachers and
students had been disseminated. Measures had been taken to ban corporal punishment in
schools. A ministerial decree adopted in 2013 prohibited the use of violence of any kind in
schools.
115. Two hundred inspectors were employed in eight regional offices to ensure that
workers’ rights, including those of migrant workers, were respected in all workplaces. The
authorities coordinated with the Central Bank to ensure that appropriate wages were paid.
A hotline had been set up for workers wishing to complain or obtain information, and a
guide for migrant workers had been published. Full social and medical protection was
provided.
116. The Human Trafficking Act of 2011 provided for the protection and rehabilitation
of victims. Victims and witnesses were also protected in the event of legal proceedings.
The National Plan 2010-2015 provided for 25 programmes, 85 per cent of which had been
completed. The National Strategy for Combating Human Trafficking had also been
updated. A further initiative was aimed at training criminal justice and enforcement
personnel and at forging links between all stakeholders involved in combating human
trafficking.
117. Qatar had withdrawn its general reservation to the Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography, and limited its general reservation to articles 2 and 14 of the Convention. It
had withdrawn its reservations to articles 21 and 22 of the Convention against Torture and
amended its general reservation thereto within the framework of articles 1 and 16 of the
Convention, and had completely refrained from entering general reservations upon its
accession to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women.
118. Qatar believed in freedom of expression in the media and on social networks,
except in the case of violations of moral principles and sharia law.
119. All measures taken against the poet Mohammed Al-`Ajami were consistent with
international rules. Mr. Al-Ajami had been given a fair trial and allowed to appeal the
judgement to the Court of Appeal and the Court of Cassation.
120. Some statements and recommendations had violated UPR principles, as the
interactive dialogue should be conducted in a transparent manner and should not be
selective or politicized.
121. The comments and recommendations made during the review would be taken into
consideration by Qatar, which was fully committed to enhancing cooperation and
consultation with all United Nations human rights mechanisms and to supporting the
efforts of the Human Rights Council to realize its noble objectives.
II. Conclusions and/or recommendations∗∗
122. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue or listed
below enjoy the support of Qatar. It was recommended that Qatar:
122.1
Continue its ongoing review of national laws to ensure that they are
in line with its international human rights law obligations (Turkmenistan);
122.2
Continue efforts in the field of legislative and institutional
developments (Iran (Islamic Republic of));
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