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Nation Monday, July 5, 2021 03 QU’s College of Law gets ‘Best Personality in Worker Welfare Award 2020’ TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK sentatives of the National cases, including breach of The committee com- dations it reached. DOHA Human Rights Committee, work contract, especially mended the research project The committee also re- the Department of Occupa- those related to wages and carried out by students of ferred to the role of the Col- THE College of Law at Qa- tional Safety and Health at end-of-service benefits, and the College of Law in the fall lege of Law in enriching re- tar University received the the Supreme Committee for other obligations imposed on 2020 semester, which dealt search related to labour and Best Personality in Worker Delivery and Legacy, the the employer. with the legal effects of the worker issues, and raising Welfare Award 2020 at a Community Police, the La- The Legal Clinic is also pandemic on contractual ob- awareness of their rights un- ceremony organised by the bour Inspection Department preoccupied with criminal ligations in employment con- der the Qatari legislative sys- Ministry of Administrative at the MADLSA, Public Re- and civil cases, including tracts, in partnership with tem, which includes Labour Development, Labour and lations at the Public Works claims for refund of sums thirty legal clinics at univer- Law No. (14) of 2004, Law Social Affairs (MADLSA) Authority, and a number of that were paid before the sities from twenty countries, of Entry, Exit and Residence under the title ‘Workers’ professors from QU. emergence of the COVID-19 including Spain, India, the of Expatriates, Law No. 21 of welfare is a moral duty and The committee presented pandemic and became un- US, South Africa, Croatia, 2015 and the amendments legal obligation’. honorary awards for the Best lawfully obtained, and issues Nigeria, Morocco, Australia, thereto, Domestic Workers The winner was select- Company in Worker Wel- related to the payment of New Zealand, Jordan, the Law No. (15) of 2017, Anti- ed by an award commit- fare During the COVID-19 in Worker Welfare for the The committee com- bank loans, sales and lease UK, Pakistan, Malawi, Oman, Human Trafficking Law No. tee headed by Mohammed Pandemic, Best Company year 2020. mended the efforts made by contracts and commercial Kuwait, Tunisia, Canada, Ro- 15 of 2011, and legislative bin Tawar Al-Kuwari, vice- in Worker Accommodation, Dr Khaled bin Saleh Al the Legal Clinic at the Col- partnership, as well as per- mania, Turkey and Qatar. developments for 2020, in- president of Qatar Chamber. Best Company in Occupa- Shammari, assistant dean lege of Law in providing le- sonal status issues, especially The committee reviewed the cluding the abolition of the The committee, launched tional Safety and Health, for Academic Affairs at the gal assistance to vulnerable those related to marriage and final report, which included sponsorship system and set- by Dar Al-Sharq about five Best Worker of the Year College of Law College re- groups, especially migrant alimony marriage, child sup- the results of the research ting the minimum wage for years ago, included repre- 2020, and Best Personality ceived the award. workers, on various labour port and domestic violence. project and the recommen- workers. QC provides COVID-19 vaccines Qatar Charity lays foundation to the displaced in northern Syria for a massive shelter project TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA QATAR Charity (QC) has co- for displaced Syrians in Turkey ordinated with the Syria Vac- cine Team SIG to provide the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK vaccine to Syrian displaced in DOHA northern Syria. This has been done through two primary A Qatar Charity (QC) delega- healthcare centres operated by tion has arrived in Turkey Qatar Charity to administer the to lay the groundwork for a coronavirus vaccines in north- large shelter project for in- ern Syria. ternally displaced Syrians. The first centre is the Al- This comes as part of Qatar Ra’i Center in the city of Al- Charity’s ongoing efforts to Ra’i, north of Aleppo. The provide high-quality shelter second is the Ataa Residential for the vulnerable. Village Dispensary in Idlib The residential city, which countryside. is regarded as one of the larg- The two centres provide est housing projects for dis- more than 625 doses of vaccine placed Syrians, will include to the displaced in northern 1,400 homes as well as basic Syria monthly. facilities. It will also include This step aims to enhance kindergartens, primary, pre- A view of Qatar Charity’s massive construction project for displaced Syrians in Turkey. the immunisation of society paratory, and secondary from the danger of the spread schools for both boys and girls, for water, sanitation, and tions due to displacement and ian refugees in neighboring of the COVID-19 in northern as well as a vocational school. electricity services. a lack of the necessities of life. countries, at a total cost of Syria. The vaccination pro- In addition to roads, the Through this project, Qa- Qatar Charity has es- 96.5 million Qatar riyals. cess against the coronavirus is city will have a mosque, a tar Charity aims to alleviate tablished 11 model villages There are nearly 5,368 hous- the result of fruitful coopera- primary health care center, the suffering of the displaced since the beginning of the ing units for 5,368 families tion between the Syria Vaccine a market, administrative in northern Syria by provid- Syrian crisis, benefiting tens in these villages and cities. Team and non-governmental buildings, green spaces, and ing adequate housing for their of thousands of affected and They have schools, clinics, organisations operating in children’s play areas, as well families who are living in dif- displaced people in north- and health centres in some northern Syria, where the Ko- as integrated infrastructure ficult humanitarian condi- ern Syria, as well as Syr- of them. vacs Global Initiative provides vaccines through UNICEF, and the World Health Organization provides material and technical support. 95% of tree plantation on Al Shamal Road completed The Syria Vaccine Team plans, implements and techni- Continued from page 1 change until Al Shamal City in several ministries and other contribute to enhance sustain- cally supervises the activities, the northern tip of the state. entities of the State such as ability through minimizing en- and humanitarian organisa- SO far, about 95 percent of The development works Ministry of Municipality and vironmental pollution, reduc- tions provide support and as- tree plantation is completed also included addition of two Environment, Ministry of ing emission of CO2 through sistance by providing their hos- and the project is planned to new interchanges at Izghawa Transport and Communica- minimized consumption and pitals and health centres. be delivered in full in the third and Umm Salal, and expansion tions, Ministry of Culture and conservation of energy re- Dr Amjad Al Tahan, coor- quarter of year 2021. works on three interchanges Sports, Qatar Museums Au- sources. It will also focus on dinator of health programmes The scope of the project including Al Huwaila Inter- thority, Qatar Railway Compa- provision of more public trans- at Qatar Charity’s field office ture in its health centres, we personnel, including masks, also includes connection with change, Al Kheesa Interchange ny, Private Engineering Bureau port options aiming at reduced in Turkey, said: “Qatar Charity were able to provide a quality sterilisers, medical gloves and treated sewage effluent (TSE) and Al Kharaitiyat Interchange, among others. This Committee use of private cars and improve has worked since the first day service that will have a great protective clothing in the first lines for irrigation, and provi- besides development works of is responsible for five major lifestyle through clean and to respond to the coronavirus impact on the future of the phase. It also established 14 iso- sion of shaded places on both Al Khor Road and Umm Birka tasks including construction of safe transportation. It will also pandemic through the coor- health region.” lation units as part of the urgent sides of Al Shamal Road. Road. The expansion project central public parks, neighbor- work for provision of healthy dination of the available re- Since the beginning of the response to the virus outbreak Ashghal has recently de- also included construction of hood parks, and provision of environment within residen- sources with the World Health pandemic, Qatar Charity has at a cost estimated at $1.6 mil- veloped Al Shamal Road with connected bicycle path along dedicated lanes for pedestrians tial neighborhoods and places Organization. launched several projects in lion, benefiting about 3,000 construction of service roads the road. and bicycles, development of of public gatherings through Tahan added, “By benefit- northern Syria to mitigate its camp residents in cooperation throughout the highway with The Supervisory Commit- the Doha Corniche, develop- increased afforestation and ing from the presence of Qatar impact on Syrian refugees. with the United Nations for the a length of about 200 km, be- tee of Beautification of Roads ment of Central Doha, and in- landscaping, which will greatly Charity, the experience of its It has distributed personal Coordination of Humanitarian ginning from the north part and Public Places in Qatar creasing trees and green areas. help in reducing temperature cadres and the good infrastruc- protection equipment to health Affairs. of Doha city at Duhail Inter- works in coordination with The committee’s work will in cities. ABB wins contract for Qatar’s largest e-bus infrastructure project the Fleet Management Sys- has the expertise to support Qatar plans to have 25% of its public bus tem, chargers will also be Qatar’s environmental and network run on electric by 2022 connected to the ABB Abil- public transport targets.

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