What is Human rights in Qatar?
[[Image:Foreign workers at a construction site of The Pearl, 2018.jpg|thumb|Migrant workers in Doha, Qatar]] The state of '''human rights in Qatar''' is a concern for several non-governmental organisations, such as [[Human Rights Watch]], which reported in 2012 that hundreds of thousands of mostly South Asian [[migrant workers]] in construction in Qatar risk serious exploitation and abuse, sometimes amounting to [[forced labour]]. Awareness grew internationally after [[Qatar]]'s selection to stage the [[2022 World Cup]], and some reforms have since taken place, including two sweeping changes in 2020. == LGBT rights in Qatar == [[Sodomy]] between consenting male adults in Qatar is illegal, and subject to a sentence of up to five years in prison.<ref>Ready, Freda. ''[[The Cornell Daily Sun]]'', [http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/qatar/qanews05.htm Qatar’s Gay Rights Policy Under Scrutiny] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820062524/http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/qatar/qanews05.htm|date=20 August 2008}} Retrieved on 4 December 2002</ref> The law is silent about sodomy between consenting female adults.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.globalgayz.com/middle-east/qatar/gay-qatar-news-and-reports/|title=Gay Qatar News & Reports|work=globalgayz.com|access-date=19 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903204352/http://archive.globalgayz.com/middle-east/qatar/gay-qatar-news-and-reports/ |archive-date=3 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=December 2016}} Sexual orientation and gender identity are not covered in any civil rights laws and there is no recognition of same-sex marriages, civil unions or domestic partnerships. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Human rights by country|Qatar]] [[Category:Qatar]]