4 Ara 2024
“Die First, and I'll Pay You Later”: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Giga-Projects’ Built on Widespread Labor Abuses
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Ara 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Şirketler
Saudi Manpower Supply Company (SMASCO) - Employer , Public Investment Fund - Other Value Chain EntityEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor - Sector unknown , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Irregular Work , Wage Theft , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Restricted mobility , Contract Substitution , İşe Alım Ücretleri , Precarious/Unsuitable Living ConditionsYanıt
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
External link to response: (Find out more)
Action taken: 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.
Source type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Ara 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Şirketler
Red Sea Global - Other Value Chain Entity , Public Investment Fund - Other Value Chain EntityDiğer
Not Reported ( İşe alım ajansları ) - RecruiterEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor - Sector unknown , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
İşe Alım Ücretleri , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Wage Theft , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Restricted mobility , Contract SubstitutionYanıt
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
External link to response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Red Sea Global did not respond to HRW
Source type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Ara 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Şirketler
Takamol Holding - Other Value Chain EntityDiğer
Not Reported ( Sektör rapor edilmedi / uygulanabilir değil ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor - Sector unknown , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Restricted mobility , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Bilgiye erişimYanıt
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
External link to response: (Find out more)
Action taken: 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.”
Source type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Ara 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Şirketler
Public Investment Fund - Other Value Chain EntityDiğer
Not Reported ( Yapı ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor , Yapı , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Restricted mobility , İşe Alım Ücretleri , Contract SubstitutionYanıt
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
Action taken: PIF did not respond to HRW.
Source type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Ara 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Diğer
Not Reported ( Sektör rapor edilmedi / uygulanabilir değil ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: 40
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Nepal - Sector unknown , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )Meseleler
Contract Substitution , Irregular Work , Bilgiye erişim , Restricted mobility , Gözdağı verme ve tehditlerYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Ara 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Diğer
Not Reported ( İmalat: Genel ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor , İmalat: Genel , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Denial of leave , Access to Non-Judicial RemedyYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Ara 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Şirketler
NEOM Co. - Other Value Chain Entity , Public Investment Fund - Other Value Chain EntityEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor , Yapı , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
İşe Alım Ücretleri , Contract Substitution , Wage Theft , Heat exposure , Restricted mobility , Hastalık , Occupational Health & Safety , Yemek hakkı , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Excessive production targets , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Suya erişim , Denial of leaveYanıt
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
External link to response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Human Rights Watch received responses from NEOM, saying they intend to respond in the near future.
Source type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Ara 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Diğer
Not Reported ( Sektör rapor edilmedi / uygulanabilir değil ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor - Sector unknown , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Ölümler , Occupational Health & Safety , Access to Non-Judicial RemedyYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Ara 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Diğer
Not Reported ( Temizlik ve bakım ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: 1
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( 1 - Hindistan , Temizlik ve bakım , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Ölümler , Occupational Health & Safety , Access to Non-Judicial RemedyYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Ara 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Diğer
Not Reported ( Temizlik ve bakım ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: 1
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor , Temizlik ve bakım , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Wage Theft , ÖlümlerYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Ara 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Diğer
Not Reported ( Yiyecek ve İçecek ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: 1
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor , Yiyecek ve İçecek , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Ölümler , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Bilgiye erişimYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Ara 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Diğer
Not Reported ( Yapı ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: 1
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Nepal , Yapı , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Ölümler , Bilgiye erişimYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Ara 2024
Lokasyon: Suudi Arabistan
Diğer
Not Reported ( Mobilya ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Nepal , İmalat: Genel , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
İşe Alım Ücretleri , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Contract Substitution , Wage Theft , Debt BondageYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: 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...