A/HRC/44/57/Add.1 (c) Amend the Labour Law (No. 14 of 2014) and Law No. 15 of 2017 on domestic workers to ensure that migrant workers are able to sign employment contracts in their native languages, notarized as identical to the Arabic version, prior to departure from their countries; (d) Take targeted steps to strengthen the capacity of labour inspectors, tribunals and other enforcement authorities to address and prevent racial discrimination; (e) Ensure that the workers’ welfare initiative of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy is adopted by the entire construction sector to ensure the human rights of all working within this sector; (f) Continue its efforts to improve the labour court committees by reducing delays, strengthening enforcement mechanisms and providing committees with adequate human and financial resources; (g) Improve complaint mechanisms, ensure appropriate remedies for redress and enforce measures to protect migrant workers and punish violators; (h) Provide migrant workers access to legal aid, shelters and health and rehabilitation services. 2. Domestic workers 68. The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to: (a) Amend Law No. 15 of 2017 to guarantee domestic workers the same legal protections as the majority of migrant workers covered under the Labour Law; (b) Address the confinement of domestic workers and monitor their working conditions effectively, including by facilitating labour inspections that take into account the specific challenges and needs of domestic workers; and remove any legal and administrative restrictions that prevent such monitoring, especially in private homes; (c) Systematically investigate all allegations of exploitation, abuse and violence against domestic workers, including rape and sexual abuse, and prosecute alleged abusive employers, and, if they are convicted, punish them with sanctions commensurate with the gravity of the offence; (d) Adopt concrete measures to ensure effective access to justice for domestic workers, including access to complaint mechanisms, legal aid and adequate redress and reparation, including compensation; (e) Build State-led shelters for migrant workers, in particular domestic workers, and ensure that domestic workers who are victims of abuse, including those who file complaints against employers, have effective access to more shelters and to appropriate support services, rehabilitation and psychosocial assistance; (f) Implement the relevant recommendations made by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women regarding women domestic workers and ratify the ILO Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189). 3. Detention and deportation 69. The Special Rapporteur recommends that Qatar: (a) Decriminalize both the offence of leaving work without the employer’s permission (“absconding”), and consensual sexual relations outside marriage (zina crime), and prohibit the detention and deportation of migrants, especially migrant women, as punishment for those offences; (b) End the detention and deportation of migrant workers for financial reasons, including bounced checks and debt such as unpaid loans; (c) Ensure that the rights of detained migrants are fully respected, including their right to contact their embassy or consular services. 18