UN Human Rights Council recognises Qatar’s progress but asks for more

November 15 – Hardly a week went by in the build-up to the 2022 World Cup when Qatar wasn’t under examination for its policy on human rights.

But two years after the tournament, the country has received cautious backing from the United Nations’ top human rights body for improving the labour laws that were the focus of so much attention.

The Gulf state this week had its five-yearly review at the Human Rights Council in Geneva for the first time since the tournament,

Read more...