• Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are facing widespread abuses, some of which may amount to situations of forced labor, across employment sectors and geographic regions, including at high profile giga-projects funded by or linked to Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.
• FIFA, the international football organization, is set to confirm Saudi Arabia as host of the 2034 Men’s World Cup without requiring proper due diligence and binding commitments to prevent labor abuses.
• Saudi authorities are systematically failing to protect migrant workers from grave abuses. Pervasive enforcement gaps in Saudi laws intended to protect migrant workers require urgent attention because they fail to meet international norms and the country’s obligations under international human rights instruments.