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The ILO and Qatar Have Extended Their Agreement for Labour Reforms—with Migrant Workers and Unions No Longer at the Center

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The ILO and Qatar Have Extended Their Agreement for Labour Reforms—with Migrant Workers and Unions No Longer at the Center

The International Labour Organization (ILO) announced last Monday that it has signed an agreement with Qatar “to extend their technical cooperation programme for another four years.”

A New Book on Qatargate Reveals Central Role of Qatar’s Minister of Labour and His Algerian Consigliere in Alleged Corruption Scandal

A New Book on Qatargate Reveals Central Role of Qatar’s Minister of Labour and His Algerian Consigliere in Alleged Corruption Scandal

The investigation into Qatargate, the biggest alleged corruption scandal to hit the European Parliament in years, has not yet yielded all its secrets. In Qatargate*, a new book by Louis Colart and Joël Matriche, the two investigative reporters for Brussels daily Le Soir reveal the central role played over several

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New Book Reveals Qatar Labour Minister's Central Role in Alleged European Parliament Corruption Scandal | Pressure Mounts on UN's Human Rights Chief after Tense China Session at Human Rights Council

Interview: Louis Colart and Joël Matriche on their book 'QatarGate'

Interview: Louis Colart and Joël Matriche on their book 'QatarGate'

Philippe Mottaz: You have written about the investigation of Qatargate, the largest alleged corruption scandal in the European Parliament. You rightly insist that the presumption of innocence must apply to all. What surprised you most, however, both about the alleged corruptors and the alleged corrupted? Louis Colart: The first stunner

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Qatar’s Labour Pains

Qatargate, the ITUC, the ILO and games of influence

Thresholds of Dialogue with Hamas and Russia

Should potential mediators negotiate with Hamas? At a recent dinner of eminent international lawyers, an animated difference of opinion arose about whether there should be negotiations with the organization. On the one side, people said Hamas was a terrorist group, beyond conversations after its heinous crimes on October 7. On

Amnesty International Details Continuing Migrant Worker Abuse in Qatar

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Amnesty International Details Continuing Migrant Worker Abuse in Qatar

With the World Cup Spotlight Gone, Has Qatar Made Progress on Its Promised Labour Reforms? No, Says a Global Union in a Recent Internal Report; Yes, Says the ILO—Calling Them "Significant"

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With the World Cup Spotlight Gone, Has Qatar Made Progress on Its Promised Labour Reforms? No, Says a Global Union in a Recent Internal Report; Yes, Says the ILO—Calling Them "Significant"

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Are Arab Countries Underfunding the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees?

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International Geneva’s continued love affair with FIFA

“The leadership of football does not answer to the court of public opinion; it responds to its own constituency. Its leaders depend for their survival on those whom they ought to reform; power in FIFA is a political cartel."

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