In referring the case to a government agency in Qatar, the NHRC Qatar and CHRP case officers shall be guided by the flowcharts as illustrated in the annex. IV. 1. Laws, Policies and Institutions in Qatar Aiming for the Protection of Migrant Workers Decrees Nos. 40 and 41 of 2018 on the accession of the State of Qatar to the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 2. Law No. 13 of 2018 regulates the entry and exit of expatriates, and abolished the exit permit for expatriate workers during the term of the contract without restrictions, and helps promote and protect the right to freedom of movement and travel. Employers may exclude a percentage not exceeding 5% of the workers in the facility due to the nature of their work where they should obtain the approval of the competent authority to leave the state. For workers not subject to the Labor Law No. 14 of 2014, the regulations and procedures for their departure from the country shall be determined by a decision of the Minister. The applicant shall submit a request to the Appeals Committee to decide on the request conceming leaving the country within three working days. 3. Opening of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Doha Office in April 2018 to support the implementation of a comprehensive program on working conditions and labor rights in the state. During the program period (2018-2020), the ILO Technical Adviser in charge of the program will submit an annua progress report to the ILO Governing body at its November session each year. The report shall cover several objectives including: a) Wage protection: the adoption of a statutory minimum wage and expanding the scope of the b) Labor Inspection Policy will be implemented to monitor occupational health and safety, where the powers of labor inspectors will be effectively applied, communication with expatriate workers implementation of the wage protection system; will be enhanced through providing interpretation and the activation of the system of registering work injuries and occupational diseases. The State of Qatar will implement a national plan of action on forced labor, including measures to address the phenomena of withholding of passports, contract substitution or alteration, and any impediment to the right of victims to access justice, and to strengthen complaints mechanisms. 4. Council of Ministers Decision No. (15) of 2017 on the establishment of the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking that act as the national coordinator of monitoring, preventing and combating trafficking of human beings. The State of Qatar is working hard to find solutions to tackle the problem of unethical recruitment practices. It recently hired VFS specialized in labor recruitment and following ethical norms, by Sri Lanka's first outsourcing center that grants visas services, the state of Qatar is expected to open dozens of the Philippines, the One-Stop Qatar Visa Center opened on 5. Global, a Management Services Company, and adopted a decent work strategy. Inspired to expatriates and provide contract signing similar centers in labor-exporting countries. In 25 September 2019 in Pasay City, Philippines. The Ministry of Labor implemented the new E-Contract System to prevent trade in visas and contract substitution or alteration. This system requires the existence of a contract concluded directly between the recruiter and the job seeker, and a work visa. This will contribute to the fight against human trafficking in the labor-exporting countries and the receiving countries. 6. Law No. 17 of 2018 establishing the Workers' Support and Insurance Fund aims to provide the necessary financial resources to support and secure the workers, including the benefits ordered by the Commission on Dispute Resolution. 7. Law No. 15 of 2017 on Domestic Workers, which for the first time grants rights to domestic workers following their exclusion from the Labor Code. It determines minimum and maximum age for domestic workers of twenty-four addition to decides on both sexes, the maximum number of working hours with breaks, a weekly holiday of at least consecutive hours, three-week paid annual leave and end of service benefits. This is in the Law on the Establishment of the Commission on Settlement of Labor Disputes, which the dispute within three weeks of the first hearing; in addition to the draft law establishing tne Workers' Support Fund in case of insolvency of enterprises or refusal by employers to pay for benefits. “Raymond Carl Dela Cruz, One-stop Qatar Visa Center launched in Pasay, PHILIPPINES NEWS AGENCY, 25 September 2019, available at https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1081431 (lost accessed 13 January 2020). bY