Qatar received praise from the United Nations Human Rights Council for progress in labor law reforms made before hosting the 2022 World Cup, but the country also faced calls for deeper changes. This was Qatar’s first five-year review since the tournament, during which hundreds of thousands of migrant workers were employed to build stadiums and other critical infrastructure. The discussion in Geneva praised Qatar for improvements while highlighting areas still in need of reform, such as its restrictive labor system known as kafala.