2034 FIFA World Cup Bid: BWI Lodges Complaint Against Saudi Arabia Over Forced Labour and Wage Theft
Özet
Date Reported: 5 Haz 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Diğer
Not Reported ( Labour supplier ) - Employer , Not Reported ( Restoranlar ve barlar ) - Other Value Chain EntityEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor , Hizmetler: Genel , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Mandatory overtime , Wage Theft , Gözdağı verme ve tehditler , Restricted mobilityYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Haz 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Diğer
Not Reported ( Ev hizmetlisi ajansları ) - RecruiterEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Kenya , Temizlik ve bakım , Women , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Tecavüz ve cinsel istismar , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , İfade özgürlüğünün engellenmesi , Access to Justice & Legal Protection , Yaralanmalar , Dayak ve şiddet , Gözdağı verme ve tehditler , Yemek hakkı , Wage Theft , Restricted mobilityYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 5 Haz 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Diğer
Not Reported ( Güvenlik şirketleri ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Hindistan , Güvenlik şirketleri , Men , Undocumented migrants )Meseleler
Denial of leave , Restricted mobility , Gözdağı verme ve tehditler , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Access to Justice & Legal Protection , Failing to renew visas , Retention of identity documentsYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Action taken: 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.
Source type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 5 Haz 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Diğer
Not Reported ( Perakende ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Filipinler , Hizmetler: Genel , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Retention of identity documents , Wage Theft , Denial of leave , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Contract Substitution , Cinsel taciz , Tecavüz ve cinsel istismar , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Gözdağı verme ve tehditlerYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 5 Haz 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Şirketler
Saudi Oger - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Filipinler - Sector unknown , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Restricted mobility , Zorla çalıştırma ve modern kölelik , Retention of identity documents , Wage Theft , Yemek hakkı , Gözdağı verme ve tehditler , İfade özgürlüğünün engellenmesi , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Örgütlenme özgürlüğü , Freedom of AssemblyYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Action taken: To date, the workers wages have still not been settled.
Source type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 5 Haz 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Şirketler
Mohammad Al-Mojil Group - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor , Yapı , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Wage TheftYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 5 Haz 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Şirketler
Saudi Aramco - Other Value Chain EntityDiğer
Not Reported ( Yapı ) - Employer , Not Reported ( İnşaat ve yapı malzemeleri: Genel ) - Other Value Chain EntityEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Nepal , Yapı , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
İşe Alım Ücretleri , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Precarious/Unsuitable Living ConditionsYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: 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…