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Olympics: Presidential Candidates Need to Step Up on Rights
Lack of Priority for IOC Human Rights Policies Poses Risk to Athletes, Fans, Workers (Amsterdam, February 26, 2025) – Candidates for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) failed to adequately address human rights and good governance in documents outlining their proposed programs, in advance of March elections, the Sport & Rights Alliance said […]
United States: Trump administration denies people right to play and fails to protect women
Executive order goes against United Nations and human rights experts (Amsterdam, February 7, 2025) – The Sport & Rights Alliance vehemently rejects the executive order signed by US President Donald Trump which aims at excluding trans, gender-diverse, and intersex people from competing in sports at all levels. “The right to play sports should be available […]
Olympic athletes should be paid and heard, says public poll
Next president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) must make the Games fair and share proceeds with athletes (Nyon, Switzerland, 23 January 2025) UNI World Players, a sector of UNI Global Union, has carried out the first-ever public poll to assess awareness and attitudes regarding athletes’ rights and representation at the Olympic Games. The poll of […]
ILO commits to expert meeting to enhance athlete rights and representation globally
Expert meeting to follow up on Inaugural Global Dialogue Forum on Decent Work in the World of Sort The International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations agency responsible for promoting dignified working conditions worldwide has agreed to convene an expert meeting on athlete rights and representation, which will be held in early 2026. The decision […]
Olympics: Overturn Athlete’s Disqualification for Speaking Out
Olympic Authorities Violated Manizha Talash’s Right to Free Expression (Nyon, August 16, 2024) – The disqualification of the Olympic breaking athlete Manizha Talash for promoting gender equality should be overturned and remedied, the Sport & Rights Alliance said today. Talash, an Afghan refugee breaker known as “b-girl Talash,” was disqualified from the Paris 2024 Olympics’ breaking competition […]
Boxing: Online Abuse Has No Place in Sport
The Sport & Rights Alliance Supports International Olympic Committee’s Inclusion Framework (Nyon, Switzerland, 02 August 2024) – The online abuse and hateful rhetoric directed at Olympic boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting is unconscionable, unfounded and must stop, the Sport & Rights Alliance said today. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has made clear the boxers […]
Take Action: Join the #Hello Campaign
Tell the IOC to Answer the Call For athletes facing abuse, a hotline is a lifeline. Athletes deserve a hotline that works. Our latest report shows once again that athletes facing abuse often have nowhere to turn – especially when the abusers are powerful sports officials who are well-connected with national governments. Join our campaign […]
Olympics: Abuse in Indian Wrestling Exposes Need for Global Hotline
New Report Reveals Need for Reforms Ahead of India’s Bid for 2036 Olympics Content Warning/Advisory: This statement mentions sexual assault, rape, and the alleged abuser’s name. (Nyon, Switzerland, 23 July 2024) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has failed to investigate or provide access to remedy for Indian wrestlers protesting sexual harassment and violence for […]
Olympics: Sex Offenders Have No Place at the Games
Survivor-led Groups Call for Disqualification of Athlete Sex Offender From Paris 2024 (Nyon, Switzerland – 5 July, 2024) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should prohibit Dutch volleyball player Steven Van de Velde’s participation in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the Sport & Rights Alliance Athletes Network for Safer Sports, The Army of Survivors, and Kyniska […]
Petition: Put Human Rights at the Heart of Sport
Switzerland Must Ensure that Sports Bodies Respect Human Rights Sport unites people and can help overcome differences. It is also a lucrative business that too often comes at the expense of human rights. As the home country of the world’s biggest sports bodies, Switzerland must ensure that sports bodies respect human rights in all their […]
Hijab Bans in Olympic Host Country: Athletes Call on IOC to Act
At the 45-day countdown to the start of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics on June 11, 2024, the Sport & Rights Alliance, Basket Pour Toutes, Amnesty International, Athlete Ally and Human Rights Watch hosted a media briefing to present their request that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) publicly call on French sporting authorities to overturn […]
2023 Annual Report: A New Era for Sport and Human Rights
Human Rights Can No Longer Be Ignored by the World of Sport “After years of fighting for global sport to recognize its impact and responsibility toward human rights, the year 2023 ushered in a new era – an era where human rights can no longer be ignored by sport governing bodies,” writes Andrea Florence, director […]