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stipulating that employers must give annual leave to their workers. 32 The Law
of 1962 regulating foreigners’ entry into and residence in Lebanon also has
several important provisions that guarantee basic rights to migrant workers,
such as liberty of movement throughout the Lebanese territory. 33
In the UAE, the Federal Penal Code No. 3 of 1987 includes several articles
that penalize crimes related to trafficking offences. These articles prohibit
slavery, 34 kidnappings, 35 forced labour and physical abuse, as well as
endangering the life of a child. 36 The penal code makes forced prostitution a
criminal offence, which can lead to ten years’ imprisonment. It also lays out
penalties for those establishing and managing premises where prostitution
takes place. 37 The Federal Labour Law No. 8 of 1980 also contains provisions
to limit exploitative practices of employers, but falls short of dealing with
32
Lebanon, Labour Code, 1946, art. 34, provides protection against excessive
overtime work by fixing the maximum period of work at six consecutive hours for male
employees and five consecutive working hours for female employees and by obliging
the employer to grant them an hour of rest during this time. The employees must have,
every 24 hours, an uninterrupted break of a period of nine hours. Art. 36 imposes a
weekly rest period of no less than 36 uninterrupted hours. Art. 39 provides an annual
leave of a period of 15 days for all workers who have been employed for at least one year
within the same company or for the same employer. Art. 47 states that salaries must be
paid at least once a month to the workers and twice a month to the workers.
33
Republic of Lebanon, Law on the entry and stay in Lebanon as well as the exit of 10
July 1962, Articles 4 and 12.
34
UAE, Federal Penal Code No. 3, 1987, art. 346, states: “Whoever smuggles someone
into or out of the country with the intention of taking possession of him or disposing
of him, and whoever possesses, buys, sells, offers for sale, or disposes in any manner
whatsoever of a person as a slave, shall be punished by a term of imprisonment.”
35
UAE, Federal Penal Code No. 3, 1987, art. 34, states: “Whoever illegally kidnaps,
arrests, detains or deprives a person of his freedom, whether by himself or through
another by any means without lawful justification, shall be punished by a term of
imprisonment.”
36
UAE, Federal Penal Code No. 3, 1987, art. 350, states: “Whoever endangers a child
aged under seven years in a place inhabited by people, whether directly by himself or
indirectly through others, shall be punished by detention or by a fine not exceeding
10,000 dirhams.”
37
UAE, Federal Penal Code No. 3, 1987, art. 364 states: “Whoever entices a male
or female into committing debauchery or prostitution by coercion, threat or trickery,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years. Punishment
by imprisonment for at least ten years shall be inflicted on the offender if the victim
is under 18 years of age. Whoever detains a person against his will by coercion,
threat or trickery, with the intention of forcing him to commit any act of lewdness or
prostitution, shall be sentenced to the previous penalties as the case may be.”
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