FIFA awarded the World Cup to Qatar in 2010, but issues around the treatment ofmigrant workers,womenand LGBTQ people have been thrust in the spotlight since then. In 2016, the soccer body adopted theUnited Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which prompts the organization to...
Absent significant improvements in worker welfare, Qatar's World Cup will be remembered as a human rights tragedy.This article examines whether it is possible for Qatar's World Cup to forge a different legacy, as an agent of change on behalf of worker welfare r...
After controversy about lack of scrutiny of 2022 World Cup host Qatar — mostly over the treatment of migrant workers needed to build stadiums and infrastructure projects — FIFA acted seven years ago to embed human rights assessments of tournament bidders. ...
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang says there is no "one size fits all" model in the protection of human rights, and it should be managed based on the situation in different countries.
Qatar has been the subject of human rights investigations over abusive labour conditions for migrant construction workers, including in the building of stadiums and facilities for the 2022 World Cup. Bayern Munich agreed afive-year dealwith the state-owned Qatar Airways in Februar...
human rights governance. Jointly pursuing the "Belt and Road" rejects zero-sum thinking and provides a sunshine road for China and partner countries to share opportunities and seek development together. Focusing on addressing issues such as development imbalances, governance challenges, the digital ...
Every single voice counts.\u201d\nIn June, England\u2019s captain Harry Kane revealed that he had discussed taking a collective stance regarding human rights in Qatar with Denmark\u2019s Christian Eriksen and France captain Hugo Lloris.\n\u201cI am honored to join my fellow national team ...
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar has been surrounded by allegations of corruption, abuses of migrant workers leading to thousands of deaths, and human rights issues for women and LGBTQ+ fans.
Gianni Infantino sees 'great evolution' in Qatar human rights 03:59- Source:CNN In a statement, Qatar’s Ministry of Labour said that “figures reported in media on migrant worker fatalities have been wildly misleading,” while Al Khater also refuted that there are gaps in Qatar’s reporting...
Bayern Munich baller Joshua Kimmich has highlighted how the furor over World Cup stadium slave labor and migrant deaths in Qatar is too little, too late, explaining that any boycott of the tournament should have started years ago. Germany star Kimmich has criticized the delayed outrage to human...