Children’s Rights in Qatar Research: An Annotated Bibliography

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Children’s Rights in Qatar Research: An Annotated Bibliography

I have changed the focus of my research from “labor rights” to “children’s rights”. This is because the webzine project I will be doing is also about children's rights. This way, I will be able to do quality research and work for both the research and the webzine projects. Children’s rights also include labor rights since there are child labours in Qatar. I will also try to relate the migrate workers’ violated rights(in preparation for the World Cup 2022) to children since many of these children’s lives are affected by the death of labor workers(their family members)

“World Report 2013.” Human Rights Watch. Web. 11 June 2014. 

This website first tells that the population in Qatar is mostly foreign people and then it gives an outline of the current violations of human rights, for migrant worker rights, freedom of speech, statelessness and domestic abuse.

I have chosen this website because it gives me a general knowledge about Qatar. Also, at the end of the content, it tells me an important point that even though the 2022 World Cup preparation is violating human rights, it is at the same time a good chance to enhance human rights because it is an international event that urges foreign countries to inspect Qatar. Finally, it is an scholarly website that is reliable and the information is unbiased.

“Qatar.” Children’s Rights Wiki. Web. 11 June 2014. 

This website gives basic information about children’s rights violated around the world. For instance, it tells outlines how are children’s rights violated. It also gives some quick facts about countries we choose to look up.

The main reason I have chosen this website is because it is always modified which means the information is up to date. Also, It gives me an more specific information in Qatar. From this website, I learnt specifically children’s rights that are violated in Qatar such as violence, trafficking and discrimination. It gives me clear ideas about “children’s rights” in Qatar. 

“Qatar: Persistent Violations of Children’s Rights.” CRIN. Web. 11 June 2014.

This website tells the current children’s rights that are violated and lists what kind of violations announced by organisations are related. 

 I chose this website because it tells me how the official violations that are informed internationally relate to the issues in Qatar. For example, it tells me which article in the UDHR is violated. This is definitely helpful as it is what I will involve largely in my project. 

“Building a Better World Cup”. Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch, June 2012. Web. 11    

     June 2014.

The website tells the violations in Qatar, background of the construction of World Cup 2022 and how is it violating human rights. Finally, it gives solutions to stakeholders such as FIFA and the local government.

I have chosen this website because it allows me to go in depth in the major issue of Qatar(World Cup 2022). The issue might not tell a lot about children’s rights but labours’ rights instead. However, it will allow me to do an analysis and relate labours’ affection to children’s rights. For example, children may lose their family if their parents are labours. Also, the website gives solutions that I can reference from and suggest in the soul ton part of my project. 

“Children of Qatar.” Humanium. Humanium, 2012. Web. 11 june 2014

This website gives background and statistics about children’s rights in Qatar. I have chosen this website because it suggests children’s rights violated other websites that I accessed did not mention. For example, child marriage, female genital mutilation. It also informs us what organisations we can contact to stop problems and what immediate actions we can take and I will involve this section in my project.

Scott, Victoria. “Report: One in Five children in Qatar subject to abuse”. DOHA News. DOHA News, 30 Oct. 2013. Web. 11 June 2014. 

This is the only information I have found so far that is from an specific author. It is a report about problems about children in Qatar and recommendations we can take. I have chosen this website because it is from the mass media(news reporters) instead of official sites. The report has done research and interviews himself which gives me a first hand information. Information is interviewed from local residents so that we can get a closer and realistic look of the people in Qatar.