4 12月 2024
“Die First, and I'll Pay You Later”: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Giga-Projects’ Built on Widespread Labor Abuses
要約
Date Reported: 4 12月 2024
場所: サウジアラビア
企業
Saudi Manpower Supply Company (SMASCO) - Employer , Public Investment Fund - Other Value Chain Entity関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )課題
Irregular Work , Wage Theft , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Restricted mobility , Contract Substitution , 採用費 , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions回答
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: The company did not respond to HRW. Researchers identified Saudi Manpower Supply Company as a company either specifically engaged in either PIF-linked projects such as NEOM and the Red Sea Project or backed or partially owned by PIF or serve other PIF-backed companies.
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 4 12月 2024
場所: サウジアラビア
企業
Red Sea Global - Other Value Chain Entity , Public Investment Fund - Other Value Chain Entityその他
Not Reported ( 人材紹介会社 ) - Recruiter関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )課題
採用費 , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Wage Theft , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Restricted mobility , Contract Substitution回答
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: Red Sea Global did not respond to HRW
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 4 12月 2024
場所: サウジアラビア
企業
Takamol Holding - Other Value Chain Entityその他
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Men , Unknown migration status )課題
Restricted mobility , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 情報へのアクセス回答
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: In their response to a Human Rights Watch question on the number of successfully completed job transfer requests, Takamol Holding wrote, “Since 2021, a total of 4,389,950 sponsor transfer requests have been submitted via Qiwa platform.” However, Takamol did not share how many transfer requests were successfully completed, nor provide a detailed breakdown on the reasons for rejected requests. In their response on Human Rights Watch’s question about accessibility of the Qiwa platform for migrant workers, Takamol Holding wrote, “Qiwa offers its services in six different languages to cater to the diverse linguistic needs of the workforce in Saudi Arabia. Qiwa also regularly conducts workshops, with a minimum of 50 sessions held annually. Additionally, a knowledge center on the Qiwa website provides detailed service explanations, frequently asked questions, and guidelines.”
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 4 12月 2024
場所: サウジアラビア
企業
Public Investment Fund - Other Value Chain Entityその他
Not Reported ( 建設 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 建設 , Men , Unknown migration status )課題
Restricted mobility , 採用費 , Contract Substitution回答
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
取られた措置: PIF did not respond to HRW.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 4 12月 2024
場所: サウジアラビア
その他
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 40
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - ネパール - Sector unknown , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )課題
Contract Substitution , Irregular Work , 情報へのアクセス , Restricted mobility , 威嚇及び脅迫回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 4 12月 2024
場所: サウジアラビア
その他
Not Reported ( 製造業: 一般 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 製造業: 一般 , Men , Unknown migration status )課題
Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Denial of leave , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 4 12月 2024
場所: サウジアラビア
企業
NEOM Co. - Other Value Chain Entity , Public Investment Fund - Other Value Chain Entity関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 建設 , Men , Unknown migration status )課題
採用費 , Contract Substitution , Wage Theft , Heat exposure , Restricted mobility , 病気 , Occupational Health & Safety , 食の権利 , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Excessive production targets , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 水へのアクセス , Denial of leave回答
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: Human Rights Watch received responses from NEOM, saying they intend to respond in the near future.
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 4 12月 2024
場所: サウジアラビア
その他
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Men , Unknown migration status )課題
死 , Occupational Health & Safety , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 4 12月 2024
場所: サウジアラビア
その他
Not Reported ( クリーニング及びメンテナンス ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - インド , クリーニング及びメンテナンス , Men , Unknown migration status )課題
死 , Occupational Health & Safety , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 4 12月 2024
場所: サウジアラビア
その他
Not Reported ( クリーニング及びメンテナンス ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , クリーニング及びメンテナンス , Men , Unknown migration status )課題
Wage Theft , 死回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 4 12月 2024
場所: サウジアラビア
その他
Not Reported ( 食品及び飲料 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 食品及び飲料 , Men , Unknown migration status )課題
死 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 情報へのアクセス回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 4 12月 2024
場所: サウジアラビア
その他
Not Reported ( 建設 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - ネパール , 建設 , Men , Unknown migration status )課題
死 , 情報へのアクセス回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 4 12月 2024
場所: サウジアラビア
その他
Not Reported ( 家具 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - ネパール , 製造業: 一般 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )課題
採用費 , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Contract Substitution , Wage Theft , Debt Bondage回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
...Migrant workers are the engine of Saudi Arabia’s massive construction boom. There are 13.4 million migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, representing 42 percent of the country’s population. Yet despite their indispensable contributions, Human Rights Watch has found, based on interviews with 156 current and former workers from Saudi Arabia or workers’ family members between 2023-2024, that migrant workers are facing widespread labor abuses across employment sectors and geographic regions. Saudi authorities are systematically failing to protect them from and remedy these abuses.
This blatant failure to protect migrant workers creates a near certainty that the 2034 World Cup, which the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has engineered to award to Saudi Arabia as the sole bidder, will be stained with pervasive rights violations...
The FIFA World Cup is just one of the significant planned projects requiring massive construction under Vision 2030. Saudi Arabia’s government has been on a petro-wealth spending spree over the past half decade that has allocated hundreds of billions of dollars to develop megaprojects and self-described “giga-projects” across the country...