The United Arab Emirates is converting Saadiyat Island into an international tourist destination, and will house a campus of New York University and museums, including branches of the Guggenheim and the Louvre.

In 2009, Human Rights Watch documented the exploitation of South Asian migrant workers on the island and the lack of legal and institutional protections for workers, urging the developers and institutions to pledge to address the abuses. Three years later, this progress report notes that while these entities have made important efforts to address employer abuses, protection gaps remain. (...)

The article:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/21/uae-saadiyat-workers-better-protected-gaps-remain

The Report:
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/03/21/island-happiness-revisited-0

Basic Information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirati_Arabi_Uniti

Human Rights situation:
http://www.hrw.org/middle-eastn-africa/united-arab-emirates
http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-report-2012-united-arab-emirates

Passato...prossimo:
http://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2788:medio-oriente-in-fiamme-perche-in-qatar-e-negli-emirati-arabi-uniti-non-e-successo-nulla&catid=46:diritti-umani&Itemid=105