A/HRC/44/57/Add.1 (b) Establish, in accordance with the Paris Principles, an independent specialized equality body to prevent and eliminate racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and provide it with sufficient financial, human and technical resources to carry out its functions. B. Direct, indirect and structural racial discrimination, including based on nationality and national origin 64. The Special Rapporteur recommends that Qatar: (a) Adopt measures to promote substantive equality with a view to addressing discrimination based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin; (b) Collect data and compile statistics, disaggregated by ethnic group and nationality, and establish socioeconomic indicators, on the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights in conformity with international human rights standards. Such data are needed not only to adequately assess the situation of all groups and to make inequalities visible, but also to design, monitor and evaluate evidence-based measures that specifically target disadvantaged groups. 65. The Special Rapporteur further recommends that the National Human Rights Commission carry out a global study on discrimination based on nationality in Qatar in consultation and cooperation with the relevant United Nations entities and civil society actors, academics and migrant workers. C. Racial stereotypes and racial profiling 66. The Special Rapporteur urges Qatar to: (a) Promote equality and non-discrimination, tolerance and respect for cultural diversity, including through public culture and through the religious and other institutions that are at the centre of people’s day-to-day lives, to combat racial stereotypes; (b) Deepen governmental engagement across all sectors, with leadership by human rights officials and in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Sports, to tackle racial, ethnic and religious stereotypes that seem rarely acknowledged publicly, but that play a serious role in undercutting equality in unquestionable ways; (c) Implement further human rights education measures in line with article 7 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, as education is central to transforming values, beliefs and perceptions that promote tolerance and equity; (d) Adopt a clear and unequivocal prohibition of the use of racial and ethnic profiling under the law, and implement training on racial and ethnic profiling and human rights for law enforcement officers, combined with supervisory measures for those officers, as well as cultural diversity trainings. D. 1. Migrant workers’ labour conditions Labour exploitation and access to justice 67. The Special Rapporteur recommends that Qatar: (a) Effectively address wage discrimination based on nationality by ensuring that migrant workers are paid equal pay for equal work, irrespective of their nationality, in conformity with international standards; (b) Improve the Wage Protection System, including its monitoring and enforcement and remedial mechanisms to ensure that employers make timely payments to workers; adopt additional implementation measures to facilitate timely payment of workers’ wages; and impose sanctions on employers who do not pay workers their full salary on time; 17

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