Qatar:
Military & Transnational Issues

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Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,


Military branches	Definition Qatari Amiri Land Force (QALF), Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN), Qatari Amiri Air Force (QAAF) (2007)
Military service age and obligation	Definition 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
Manpower available for military service	Definition males age 16-49: 320,383 females age 16-49: 167,475 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 258,159 females age 16-49: 143,999 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually	Definition males age 16-49: 7,539 females age 16-49: 7,022 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	Definition - World rank and map 10% (2005 est.)

Disputes - international	Definition none
Trafficking in persons	Definition current situation: Qatar is a destination country for men and women from South and Southeast Asia who migrate willingly, but are subsequently trafficked into involuntary servitude as domestic workers and laborers, and, to a lesser extent, commercial sexual exploitation; the most common offense was forcing workers to accept worse contract terms than those under which they were recruited; other conditions include bonded labor, withholding of pay, restrictions on movement, arbitrary detention, and physical, mental, and sexual abuse tier rating: Tier 3 - Qatar failed, for the second consecutive year, to enforce criminal laws against traffickers, or to provide an effective mechanism to identify and protect victims; it continues to detain and deport victims rather than providing them protection; the government made little progress to increase prosecutions for trafficking in a meaningful way in 2007; workers complaining of working conditions or non-payment of wages were sometimes penalized (2008)

Qatar: Military & Transnational Issues

Qatar:
Military & Transnational Issues