A/HRC/26/35/Add.1 III. Normative and institutional framework for the protection of the human rights of migrants A. International legal framework 8. Qatar is a party to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on the involvement of children in armed conflict. However, Qatar has not ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights or its Optional Protocol; the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or its two Optional Protocols; the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families; the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; or the Optional Protocols to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, or the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure 9. Qatar has ratified the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo Protocol). However, it has not adhered to the Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its protocol, the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, or International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions No. 97 concerning Migration for Employment (1949), No. 143 concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers (1975), No. 87 concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize (1948), No. 98 concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organize and to Bargain Collectively (1949), No. 189 concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers (2011), or No. 181 concerning Private Employment Agencies (1997). 10. The Special Rapporteur hopes that the assurances he has received that the Government of Qatar is looking into the ratification of treaties, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and some ILO conventions, will bear fruit soon. B. Regional legal framework 11. Qatar has been a member State of the League of Arab States since 1971 and became a party to the Arab Charter on Human Rights in 2009. 12. Qatar is a member of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Gulf Cooperation Council). There have been discussions in the Council concerning the adoption of a common law or a common model contract for domestic workers. 5