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4.
Reforms
70.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that Qatar:
(a)
Urgently remove the 72-hour notification requirement from Decision No.
95 of 2019, and ensure that domestic workers will not be penalized for failing to notify
their employer and that adequate safeguard arrangements will be implemented in this
respect;
(b)
Expedite the adoption and entry into force of the law aimed at
establishing a non-discriminatory minimum wage for all migrant workers, including
domestic workers, in line with the country’s international human rights obligations;
(c)
Accelerate the adoption of the legislation aimed at eliminating the “no
objection” certificate, allowing migrant workers to change employers after an initial
probationary period; specify a probationary period relating to “no objection”
certificates that is in line with international standards; and ensure that migrant
workers who wish to transfer employment during the probationary period will not be
required to have their new employer reimburse recruitment costs to the original
employer.
E.
Economic, social and cultural rights
71.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that Qatar:
(a)
Ensure adequate access to health-care services for migrant workers
without discrimination; strengthen mechanisms to hold employers accountable vis-àvis migrant workers, especially with regard to facilitating the issuance by the
employers of workers’ identity documents and health cards; and ensure that healthcare professionals receive regular human rights training, including on racial bias and
stereotypes and non-discrimination;
(b)
Urgently address health and safety concerns related to heat illness and
deaths by implementing more effective safety measures, including: reviewing and
improving the 2007 work ban; implementing proactive health checks; carrying out
monitoring and functional assessments at fixed intervals to prevent, diagnose and
manage health-related symptoms and chronic diseases among workers; conducting an
independent investigation to examine the cause of such deaths; and establishing health
and safety committees with worker representation on all worksites; 71
(c)
Guarantee the right to education without discrimination to all noncitizens, including children of low-income migrants and undocumented migrants, in
accordance with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’s general
recommendation No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens (paras. 29–31);
(d)
Ensure low-income migrant workers access to adequate housing, and
review discriminatory housing laws, regulations and policies that restrict their
freedom of movement and prohibit them from residing in certain areas;
(e)
Provide low-income migrants non-discriminatory access to leisure and
cultural activities, and refrain from implementing policy measures aimed at
restricting their access to certain public spaces, as it leads to their social exclusion and
marginalization.
F.
Citizenship, refugees and stateless and undocumented populations
1.
Access to citizenship
72.
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The Special Rapporteur recommends that Qatar:
As also recommended by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
(A/HRC/26/35/Add.1, para. 108).
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