The State of Qatar is playing a major role in combating human trafficking out of its belief in the importance of preserving human dignity and fulfilling its ethical and legal obligations said Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs, HE Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi.
The Minister, who is also Chairman of the National Committee for Combatting Human Trafficking, said Qatar is an active member in the Group of Friends United against Human Trafficking and the Group of Friends concerned on Modern Day Slavery.
Qatar has spared no effort to support the efforts of the international community to combat the phenomenon of human trafficking and related phenomena such as forced labor, modern slavery and child labor, he stressed.
This came in a statement by Dr Al Nuaimi during his chairmanship of Qatar’s delegation participating in the high-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on “Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons” held at the UN headquarters in New York.
The meeting began with the official adoption of the political declaration on the implementation of the UN Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, which the State of Qatar, in partnership with Belgium, facilitated the negotiations about.
The Minister expressed in the statement his satisfaction at the formal adoption of the Political Declaration on the implementation of the UN Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, by the Member States to take concerted and decisive action to implement the plan of action.
in his statement the minister reviewed the measures and actions taken by the State of Qatar to combat trafficking in persons, including the issuing of Law No. (15) of 2011 on combating human trafficking and criminalizes all forms of trafficking, Law No. (21) of 2015 that abolishes the sponsorship system and Law No. (15) of 2017 on domestic workers.
Qatar has also formed the National Committee for Combatting Human Trafficking to unify the efforts of the State’s institutions and civil society in dealing with the phenomenon of human trafficking.
The Committee aims to develop a national plan to combat human trafficking and follow up its implementation, help victims of human trafficking to integrate quickly into the society through care and rehabilitation programmes, the Minister said.
THe Minister pointed out that Qatar is going to host the annual conference on combating human trafficking and smuggling of persons in Doha in December 2017. the event will be organized in collaboration with the Interpol. The Minister said Qatar has sponsored at the regional level the Arab Initiative for building national capacities in combating human trafficking in Arab countries, in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Arab League to build and rehabilitate the national capacities working in various areas of combating human trafficking in the Arab region on scientific and professional bases.
