GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENCOUNTRY-PROFILEUNITED ARAB EMIRATESMEASURESFEDERAL DECREE LAW NO. 21 OF 2023 - PROTECTION OF DOMESTIC WORKERS
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Federal Decree Law No. 21 of 2023 - Protection of Domestic Workers
Type of Measure
Monitoring and Evaluation > Laws
Form of Violence
Sexual harassment
Year
2023
Brief Description

In 2023, the UAE updated the law, Federal Decree Law No. 21 of 2023 Amending Certain Provisions of Federal Decree Law No. 9 of 2022 Concerning Domestic Workers, which regulates the protection of domestic workers, including dedicated centres to online platform for raising queries and complaints. It also includes dedicated hotlines to report crimes. These 2 complaints are submitted in complete confidentiality, which prohibits the following: discrimination on the basis of race, colour, gender, religion and nationality; sexual harassment, whether verbal or physical; forced labour or trafficking; and exposure to physical harm.

Source of Information
UAE's submission for the Report of the Secretary-General under A/RES/75/161 and A/RES/77/193, 2024 UAE's submission for the Report of the Secretary-General under A/RES/75/161 and A/RES/77/193, 2024
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