A/HRC/26/35/Add.1 B. Irregular migrants 71. While the vast majority of migrants enter Qatar regularly, some become irregular, inter alia because they abscond from abusive employers, or because their employers refuse or neglect to renew their residence permits. Those migrants often live in hiding, in fear of being detained and deported. The Special Rapporteur met migrants who had absconded and as a consequence had become irregular, who were afraid to seek medical assistance. They feared being asked for an official identity card, which they no longer had. He also met irregular migrants who had nowhere to live, having been evicted from the accommodation provided by their employers. Additionally, he met children who were irregular migrants and thus were not allowed to attend school. C. Single mothers 72. In the central prison, there were several women who were sentenced to one year in prison for adultery for having a baby while being unmarried. These women lived in the prison with their babies, in conditions which are in clear violation of the principle of the best interests of the child, as stated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. While noting that these women have violated Qatari law, the Special Rapporteur finds it unnecessary to keep them and their babies in prison and urges the authorities to come up with alternative solutions. D. The 2022 World Cup 73. The Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee is responsible for the infrastructure projects related to the World Cup stadiums. It has developed a workers’ charter with 10 principles, which all of its contractors and subcontractors will have to comply with. The charter covers, inter alia, health and safety, employment, equality, dignity, working and living conditions and wages. The Committee is in the process of developing employment standards based on the principles set out in the workers’ charter. The charter is based on Qatari law, but goes further in relation to enforcement. It provides that the subcontractor is obliged to comply with the same rules as the contractor and it promotes an independent audit of companies. It provides a three-tier system for auditing: firstly, the contractor himself will do spot checks and report back; secondly, an independent auditor appointed by the Committee will undertake audits; and the third tier consists of labour inspections conducted by the Ministry of Labour. 74. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the commitment by the Committee to ethical recruitment and to developing employment standards in line with international human rights and labour standards. It is too early to say, however, how this will work in practice, as the World Cup construction projects have not yet started. The Special Rapporteur urges the Committee to ensure that workers’ rights are fully respected in relation to the preparations for the World Cup. The standards of the Committee should fully comply with international human and labour rights standards. The Government should also ensure that, if successful, this experience is extended to all other construction projects, which should fully respect the human rights of migrants well before 2022. If this is the case, the World Cup could be used as an opportunity to improve the human rights of migrants in Qatar. E. The responsibilities of the private sector 75. International standards on business and human rights provide that private actors must as a minimum respect internationally recognized human and labour rights. The 16