before china became a member. now things have changed substantially. so, china. so, is it time for you, the wto, to get tougher on china? what it is time to do is for the wto members to say to themselves if they are not happy with some of the earlier agreements that were made, and the world is changing and evolving those agreements should be re looked at, they should be, you know, re examined. it s not that, when you make an agreement, it s set in stone forever, because the world is changing rapidly. so, what we should be doing is saying, how do we need to look at these agreements? how do they need to change to reflect the changes in the world? so that s what i would advocate. and, actually, there is an emerging movement now in reform of the wto. that s what the reform process is, to reform those things that are not working as well, because they were negotiated at a time when the world
We write in advance of the 84th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women regarding Mauritania’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. This submission addresses article 10 of the Convention and includes information on teenage pregnancy and access to education. This is an updated submission following Human Rights Watch’s February 2021 submission to the committee during its 80th pre-session for its review of Mauritania.
consternation. what did you make of his speech? i mean, it was incredible, wasn t it? incredible in the worst possible way. fifa has been under a huge amount of pressure and qatar has been under a huge amount of pressure as well in terms of criticism around the world cup, especially around worker rights, human rights, gay rights, all of which were absolutely legitimate, and you can see i mean, to me it looked like he was a man that was really under pressure, he was a man who has had enough of the criticism and he was lashing out at the media. to be honest there was a bit of a donald trump about him, you know, it was almost the more you watched it it was like a car crash. you couldn t really pull away from it, you were rubber necking. i don t think it s a particularly good sign of where fifa is at at the moment because if we are honest when it comes to the issue of this working system which a lot of this exploitation takes place, it was legitimate and a lot of the criticism has help
thank you forjoining us, how are you leaving the improvements to the conditions to workers that qatar has had its brought in. fin conditions to workers that qatar has had its brought in. had its brought in. on one level, impressive had its brought in. on one level, impressive reforms had its brought in. on one level, impressive reforms on had its brought in. on one level, impressive reforms on paper- had its brought in. on one level, j impressive reforms on paper like had its brought in. on one level, - impressive reforms on paper like you mentioned in your report, the system has been abolished on paper, the problem is the implementation of that has been very weak, talking about a deeply entrenched and deeply used system for decades. a lot of political will to make these reforms effective from a closed labour market to an open labour market and unfortunately we haven t seen that. it s the centrepiece of the reform process, kafala system, which is how we talk about it so much. s
you talking about deeply entrenched and abusive system in decades. you can t give it with a swipe of a pencil to be in need of lot of political will to make these forms are effective for that from a closed labour market to an open labour market. unfortunately, we haven t seenifs market. unfortunately, we haven t seen it s a centrepiece of the reform process in the central pillar of the abusive labour system which is why we talk about it so much. to interact to clarify, what it is. it legally binds foreign workers to their particular employers and leaves them unable to leave if things are right. leaves them unable to leave if things are right. that s precisely riuht. as things are right. that s precisely right- as you things are right. that s precisely right. as you explained - things are right. that s precisely right. as you explained it. - things are right. that s precisely right. as you explained it. it s i right. as you explained it. it s very abusive in practice without it means