Qatar, EEAS holds third dialogue meeting on human rights situation

The third dialogue meeting on the human rights situation between Qatar and the European External Action Service (EEAS) was held on Monday via videoconferencing.

Qatar's delegation to the meeting was headed by HE Acting Director of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Turki bin Abdullah al-Mahmoud, while the EEAS delegation was headed by the Head of Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Regional Policies Division at the European External Action Service, Gabriel Munuera Vinals.

During the meeting, they reviewed the latest developments on the human rights situation in Qatar, especially matters related to expatriate and domestic workers, the State's commitment to the rights of workers in the 2022 FIFA World Cup projects, the legal reforms taken by Qatar to enhance the human rights situation, the preventive and precautionary measures that have been taken in the joint services sector since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, in addition to women's affairs, preparations for the Shura Council elections, and Qatar's efforts in combating human trafficking.

Representatives from the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs, Education and Higher Education, Public Health, and the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy participated in the meeting.

In an opening speech on the occasion, Dr al-Mahmoud expressed the hope that this meeting, like previous meetings, will have an interactive and transparent dialogue on the topics included in the agenda to serve the common goals in promoting and protecting human rights, and that its work will be crowned with success.

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