• The recommendation on taking strict legal action against business owners and companies that did
not comply with the minimum safety requirements of expatriate workers’ housing. In 2015, the
Ministry of Works, Municipalities, and Urban Planning formed working groups in cooperation
with the concerned authorities to ensure that workers’ housing comply with the set requirements
and standards. The working groups visited the workers’ housing to identify violations and refer
them to the competent authorities. In addition, an integrated executive study was conducted on
the phenomenon of bachelor labor accommodations in residential areas in collaboration with the
municipal councils.
• The recommendation on the enactment of a law that addresses the domestic workers affairs and
recruitment offices, including a statement of the rights and obligations of the parties involved.
The Labor Market Regulatory Authority has issued Resolution No. (4) of 2014 on organizing work
permits of domestic workers and the like, where Article No. (7) and Article No. (8) stipulate the
obligations of both the employer and the domestic worker.
(9) Combating trafficking in persons
• The recommendation to make a comprehensive national strategy to combat and prevent the crime
of trafficking in persons, to include, in particular, the measures necessary to prevent crime, protect
its victims, and punish the perpetrators. The Chairman of the National Committee to Combat
Trafficking in Persons pointed out that the Committee has a range of programs that are working on;
the first is developing the national strategy to combat trafficking in persons. This Strategy contains
several aspects related to outreach and the national referral system.
اﻟﺘﻘﺮﻳﺮ اﻟﺴﻨﻮي اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ
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• The recommendation urging the Government to allocate suitable centers to accommodate all
victims of trafficking in persons, including victims of forced labor and male victims of trafficking
in Persons, which correspond to the magnitude of this crime, and providing these centers with
experienced staff in health, psychological, social, and legal fields to provide all means of support
to the victims. An accommodation center was established, which is the first center of its kind at the
regional level, to house the victims or persons who may be exposed to trafficking in persons. This
Center is supervised by the National Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons supported by
the Labor Market Regulatory Authority. It provides integrated services with a capacity exceeding
to accommodate one hundred (100) persons. The center is equipped according to international
specifications, and includes a range of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders. The
accommodation Center is a separate, where several services are provided to workers of both sexes,
such as medical services, mental health services, legal advice, and social services. In addition, the
Center provides protection to them by receiving any victim or potential victim around the clock.
The services are provided in seven languages.
• The recommendation urging the government to activate the provisions of the Law to Combat
Trafficking in Persons, prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes, and conduct training programs
to raise the efficiency of some of the competent authorities, especially judges, public prosecutors,
public security officers, the Ministry of Labor inspectors, and workers in the recruitment offices.
The Public Prosecution took over the follow-up of enforcing the provisions of the Law and referred
the suspects to the courts.
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