Maat for Peace, development and Human Rights (Egypt) presents this report to illustrate the most important observations on the human rights situation in the State of Qatar. This is in the context of Maat's interest of promoting respect for human rights in the Arab region. Hence, this report is based on a methodology based on the follow-up to the international obligations of the State of Qatar under its ratification of a number of international instruments for the protection of human rights.

Maat analyzed the documents and the results of Qatar's submission to the UPR at its second session in April 2014. It also collected and callsified the available information about the human rights situation in Qatar. Furthermor, Maat communicated with a number of activists, actors, and local stakeholders for the preparation of this report.