UPDATES TO KAFALA
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October 30, 2020 | English
(Beirut) – Lebanon’s State Shura Council, the country’s top administrative court, delivered a sharp blow to migrant domestic worker rights by suspending the implementation of a new standard unified contract, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The standard unified contract, which the Labor Ministry adopted on September 8, 2020, included new protections for migrant domestic workers, including vital safeguards against forced labor, and would have been an important first step toward abolishing the abusive kafala (sponsorship) system.
October 30, 2020 | English
The United Nations (UN) Youth Association Ghana is pushing for the Ghanaian government to help rescue over 8000 stranded domestic workers most of them women from Lebanon.
October 30, 2020 | Spanish
(Beirut, 30 de octubre de 2020) – Al suspender la aplicación del nuevo contrato unificado estándar, la Asamblea Consultiva de Líbano, máximo tribunal administrativo del país, ha asestado un duro golpe a los derechos de las trabajadoras y trabajadores migrantes domésticos, han manifestado Amnistía Internacional y Human Rights Watch hoy. El contrato unificado estándar que el Ministerio de Trabajo aprobó el 8 de septiembre de 2020 incluía nuevas medidas de protección de las trabajadoras y trabajadores migrantes domésticos, entre ellas salvaguardias esenciales contra el trabajo forzoso, y constituía un primer e importante avance en la abolición del abusivo sistema de patrocinio conocido como kafala.
October 30, 2020 | English
Amnesty International published the following article:
Lebanon’s State Shura Council, the country’s top administrative court, delivered a sharp blow to migrant domestic worker rights by suspending the implementation of a new standard unified contract, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.
October 30, 2020 | English
A court in Lebanon this week suspended the implementation of a new contract system for migrant workers that would have paved the way for an end to the kafala system.
October 30, 2020 | English
The #Saudi economy was built on the backs of millions of migrant workers under a kafala (sponsorship) system that facilitated forced labor, trafficking, and slavery-like conditions.
Saudi Arabia needs to fully abolish the abusive system.
October 29, 2020 | Italian
Il Consiglio di stato ha annullato il nuovo contratto di lavoro che avrebbe sensibilmente migliorato la difficile condizione dei domestici stranieri nel paese dei cedri.
October 29, 2020 | English
Significant steps have been taken in the Middle East to improve the employment and living conditions of migrant workers. Recent reforms in Qatar, Lebanon and Jordan supporting policies that respect human rights are a result of international cooperation carried out over the years by governments, international organisations and NGOs. For Switzerland this confirms that its projects and teamwork on the ground have been effective.
October 29, 2020 | English
There is a propensity to celebrate every small reform and new labour law legislation as the abolishment of Kafala. When states make that claim loudly, pressing into service all their PR power, the official line is adopted without much criticism or analysis… until the realisation that old, Kafala-esque problems persist. States then buy a little more time to ‘abolish’ Kafala. Once again.
October 28, 2020 | English
BEIRUT: Two rights groups on Wednesday criticized a Lebanese judicial council decision to strike down a new work contract for foreign domestic workers, calling it a “sharp blow” to their rights.