Using Islam to Protect the Rights of Migrant Workers: Bringing Kafala into Sharia Compliance in Saudi Arabia
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چکیده
Saudi Arabia is home to thousands of migrant domestic workers who cook, clean, and provide child-care in private homes. These individuals are not only subject the kafala system, where their visa strictly tied employer, but they excluded from protections accorded other (both non-Saudi) under Labor Law. Although has promulgated a set regulations govern treatment workers, these guarantee most basic rights often enforced. As result, mistreatment become topic concern for both human organizations International Labour Organization. In this Comment, I history Arabia, an overview role Islamic law (sharia) governance, analysis sharia-compliant labor argue that can should reform its laws around protect fundamental rights. doing so, would uphold obligations international law, increase compliance with sharia as well.
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عنوان ژورنال: UCLA journal of Islamic and Near Eastern law
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1536-5107', '2169-7884']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5070/n420160505