Qatar marks 'World Day Against Trafficking in Persons'

Qatar Sunday observed the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
Qatar is making continuous and growing efforts to combat human trafficking crimes, based on its commitment to the provisions of Islamic Sharia, which prohibits all forms of humiliation of human dignity, and asserts respect for human beings as well as the preservation of their rights.
The Ministry of Labour works on combating the phenomenon of human trafficking in compliance with international law, as it has supported the UN action plan and effective response to combat human trafficking, by establishing the national legal and institutional framework, and supporting all national and international efforts in this field.
Qatar has paid great attention to combating human trafficking crimes through an integrated system, represented by the establishment of the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking (NCCHT), based on the Cabinet's Resolution No 15 of 2017, as this committee plays the role of the national co-ordinator for monitoring, preventing and combating human trafficking through co-ordination with all the relevant authorities in this regard.
In this context, the committee continues its efforts in training and building capabilities of national cadres and law enforcement officials in order to enhance their capabilities to identify these crimes and the cases that amount to human trafficking crimes, and to join the conventions and protocols dealing with these crimes.
Qatar is also keen to make the necessary efforts to implement these mechanisms and initiatives to contribute to promoting societal awareness of the organisational, legal and procedural aspects, in a way that preserves human dignity and protect their rights.
While Qatar is among the countries that annually receive large numbers of expatriate labour forces — within the framework of efforts to achieve it National Vision 2030, one of the first priorities of the Ministry of Labour is to combat all forms of human trafficking and forced labour.
The ministry relies on a specific strategy to combat slavery in all its forms, based on prevention, prosecution, and protection of victims, as well as guarantee of human rights, through several measures, the most important of which is ensuring that labourers arrive in Qatar without debts, which gives them greater freedom, and eliminates some types of forced labour and human trafficking.
In this context, Qatar has issued laws, legislation, regulations, instructions and measures to protect and promote the rights of expatriate workers before recruitment, which are applied through the competent labour departments.