New laws were passed offering migrant workers better legal protections. Despite government measures to control the spread of COVID-19, migrant workers bore the brunt of the pandemic’s impact. The authorities further tightened restrictions on freedom of expression. Women continued to face...

Joint letter written on behalf of supporters of Amnesty International and Avaaz, who together have collected over one million signatures from over 190 countries, calling on FIFA to protect workers’ rights and ensure remedy and compensation for migrant workers who suffered abuses to make the 2022...

Joint open letter by Nepali civil society organizations calling on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to stop dismissing migrant workers’ compensation claims after having suffered abuses in Qatar.

This briefing examines the progress Qatar has achieved on labour rights in the 12 years since it was awarded the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the impacts of its reforms and what further action is needed to fully protect the rights of all migrant workers in the country.

Joint statement by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and FairSquare, calling on football’s governing body to compensate migrant workers before the World Cup opens.

Letter from The Coca-Cola Company responding to a joint letter from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and FairSquare regarding human rights concerns ahead of the FIFA Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Letter from McDonald’s Corporation responding to a joint letter from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and FairSquare regarding human rights concerns ahead of the FIFA Qatar 2022 World Cup.

When FIFA awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar in 2010, the existence of widespread labour rights abuses was well-documented. FIFA knew, or ought to have known, that the monumental construction work and other services required to host the tournament would rest on the shoulders of vulnerable migrant...

Joint letter urging Mr Gianni Infantino, FIFA President, to work with the Qatar government, trade unions, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and other actors to establish a comprehensive programme to ensure all labour abuses to which FIFA contributed are remedied, and to set aside...

As part of its investigation into the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar’s private security sector, Amnesty international wrote to Qatar’s Ministry of Labour, seeking its response to allegations of labour abuse. These are the responses from the government. This is in relation to the briefing,...

Amnesty International conducted research into the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar’s private security sector. As part of the research, Amnesty International contacted the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (the Supreme Committee), Qatar’s World Cup organizing body, to seek details about...

Despite important labour reforms of the kafala sponsorship system since 2017, migrant workers across Qatar’s private security sector continue to be subjected to serious labour abuses including forced labour. The accounts of the security guards and safety officers interviewed by Amnesty...

Amnesty International conducted research into the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar’s private security sector. As part of the research, Amnesty International contacted FIFA to seek details about specific due diligence it had undertaken into three security companies, as well as more broadly....