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Doha: The Human Rights Department of the Ministry of Interior successfully dealt with complaints of workers particularity those between the employees and the employers.
The department has helped 2,000 workers to transfer their jobs without employers’ approval in ‘arbitrary cases’ before the enactment of new job transfer law which gives more protection to expatriate workers. In order to monitor and evaluate the human rights conditions of prisoners and detainees, the Department also conducted 118 visits to penal and correctional institutions, places of detention in security departments from 2007 to 2020.
The information was shared yesterday during a virtual awareness seminar organised by the Department in collaboration with the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Interior.
The event, which was attended by over 180 participants, highlighted the ‘Services of Community Policing Department and Human Rights Department’, and functions and services offered to the public.
Speaking at the event, Captain Abdul Latif Al Ali from the Department said: “The Department is keen to communicate with diplomatic missions in Qatar, communities and their representatives in order to spread the culture of human rights and Qatari labor laws. It has visited many companies to check about the human rights situation in these companies.”
“The Human Rights Department is a specialised department under the Ministry of Interior for enhancement and protection of human rights through its security and service related functions,” Captain Al Ali noted.
Regarding the services offered by the Department, he said that it handles the complaints and petitions of the public reaching the Department on the basis of justice and fairness and applicable laws.
In the same time, he said, it coordinates with the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (MADLSA) in all matters related to abuse cases with expatriates workers.
Giving more details about the Department functions, he said that the Department monitors the human rights conditions of prisoners and detainees through visits to places of imprisonment and detention in a bid to improve them and prevent violations.
“Since 2006 until now, the Department provided more than 380 public lectures on human rights at the Police Training Institute and 18 training programs at the security departments,” Al Ali said.
