The new FIFA requirements on human rights in bidding and hosting the 2026 World Cup could raise the bar for future sports events if they are fully carried out, Human Rights Watch said today. FIFA voters will select the 2026 ...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland met today in Strasbourg to discuss how to better promote human rights in sports. The meeting followed an exchange of views between the FIFA President and the Council ...
On the eve of international Human Rights Day (December 10th), a commitment was made today to launch a new independent Centre for Sport and Human Rights in 2018. Announced at the Sporting Chance Forum in Geneva, the planned Centre will be the first ...
The Italian football federation (FICG) has said a passage from Anne Frank’s diary will be read before matches this week in response to acts of antisemitism by Laziofans and to keep alive memories of the Holocaust. The ...
FIFA’s human rights advisory board has just issued a formal statement related to its second meeting held in Zurich on October 9th and 10th, 2017. Launched by world football’s governing body in March 2017, the board has been established following the ...
The two potential bidders to host UEFA EURO 2024, Germany and Turkey, received information from UEFA on how the bid will be conducted last week, which for the first time includes specific criteria relating to the respect for human ...
