Human rights to the choice of sports fields

Poll commissioned by Amnesty International, and which was carried out in 15 countries, reveals that 53% of public opinion believes in it human rights should be a fundamental consideration when selecting a host country for large tointernational sports events.

It was therefore the second factor most taken into account after the safety of fans, athletes and volunteers (57%) and ahead of the quality of infrastructure such as stadiums, transport and hotels (48%) and transparency and measures for against corruption (43%).

In this sense, a global coalition of groups human rights, trade unions, football players and fans, The Sport & Rights Alliance, called on FIFA to ensure that this is done in the final round of elections Men’s World Cup de 2030, although these criteria were introduced for the first time in the award procedure for the award in 2026.

“FIFA must rigorously apply the most norms of human rights When evaluating all bids to host your flagship tournament, you should ask for clear action plans human rights are important and must reject any request that does not credibly demonstrate the seriousness of the risk human rights are important prevent, independently monitor and remediate in case of abuse,” he says Steve Cockburn, Director of Economic and Social Justice at Amnesty International.

from his side Andrea Florence, director of the Sport & Rights AllianceHe noted: “Since 2017, FIFA has made significant progress in recognizing its human rights responsibilities. However, when awarding its tournaments, it has not consistently applied assessments and considerations.

In order to show that it takes its policy and statutes seriously, it is important that FIFA makes it a top priority human rights when choosing the host country Men’s World Cup 2030″.