2034 FIFA World Cup Bid: BWI Lodges Complaint Against Saudi Arabia Over Forced Labour and Wage Theft
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 5 Jun 2024
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Andere
Not Reported ( Labour supplier ) - Employer , Not Reported ( Restaurants & Bars ) - Other Value Chain EntityBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Dienstleistungen: Allgemein , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Mandatory overtime , Wage Theft , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Restricted mobilityAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 4 Jun 2024
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Andere
Not Reported ( Agenturen für Hauspersonal ) - RecruiterBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Kenia , Reingung & Wartung , Women , Unknown migration status )Themen
Vergewaltigung & sexueller Missbrauch , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Verweigerung der freien Meinungsäußerung , Access to Justice & Legal Protection , Verletzungen , Gewaltakte , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Recht auf Nahrung , Wage Theft , Restricted mobilityAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 5 Jun 2024
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Andere
Not Reported ( Sicherheitsfirmen ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Indien , Sicherheitsfirmen , Men , Undocumented migrants )Themen
Denial of leave , Restricted mobility , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Access to Justice & Legal Protection , Failing to renew visas , Einbehalten von AusweisdokumentenAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: After almost a year, with the support of the Embassy services to which his family had appealed in the home country, the Saudi Court delivered a judgement in his favour, and the case was dismissed. At present, the worker is still in jail, awaiting the completion of the administrative procedures that will allow hm to return to India.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 5 Jun 2024
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Andere
Not Reported ( Einzelhandel ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Philippinen , Dienstleistungen: Allgemein , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Einbehalten von Ausweisdokumenten , Wage Theft , Denial of leave , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Contract Substitution , Sexuelle Belästigung , Vergewaltigung & sexueller Missbrauch , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Einschüchterung & DrohungenAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 5 Jun 2024
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Unternehmen
Saudi Oger - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Philippinen - Sector unknown , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Restricted mobility , Zwangsarbeit & moderne Sklaverei , Einbehalten von Ausweisdokumenten , Wage Theft , Recht auf Nahrung , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Verweigerung der freien Meinungsäußerung , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Verweigerung von Vereinigungsfreiheit (siehe: Arbeit) , Freedom of AssemblyAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: To date, the workers wages have still not been settled.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 5 Jun 2024
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Unternehmen
Mohammad Al-Mojil Group - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Bau , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Themen
Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Wage TheftAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 5 Jun 2024
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Unternehmen
Saudi Aramco - Other Value Chain EntityAndere
Not Reported ( Bau ) - Employer , Not Reported ( Bauwesen & Baumaterialien: Allgemein ) - Other Value Chain EntityBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Nepal , Bau , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Precarious/Unsuitable Living ConditionsAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: NGO
In a landmark case, the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) is filing two formal complaints with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) against Saudi Arabia for severe human rights abuses and wage theft involving at least 21,000 construction workers by various but mainly two now-bankrupt Saudi construction companies alone.
The complaint emphasises the exploitative living and working conditions among the country’s vast migrant workforce: conditions that BWI notes are akin to forced labour. As Saudi Arabia positions itself to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup, this complaint demands immediate attention from FIFA and the international community. FIFA is expected to receive the single bid for the 2034 World Cup host in July.
The complaint calls for a thorough ILO investigation into these violations, emphasizing the urgent need for remedy and adherence to international labour standards. In response to BWI’s complaint, numerous trade unions in South and South-East Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa and human rights organisations who have identified and documented similar violations in Saudi Arabia are supporting this call to the ILO…
Among the many cases received by the BWI and other human rights organisations, findings based on direct evidence from around 200 migrant construction workers, paint a grim picture. Indicators of forced labour, as defined by the ILO, are rampant…