“Games–Time Human Rights Due Diligence”: A Case Study of FIFA’s Human Rights Volunteers Program at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 received an unprecedented amount of criticism from civil society and human rights organizations for the human rights risks and adverse human rights impacts related to organizing and staging the event. Interestingly, it was the first World Cup that was delivered with a t...
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| description | The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 received an unprecedented amount of criticism from civil society and human rights organizations for the human rights risks and adverse human rights impacts related to organizing and staging the event. Interestingly, it was the first World Cup that was delivered with a team of human rights volunteers monitoring human rights issues at event venues on match days.1 Given the novelty of this project, this Article first informs about the FIFA human rights volunteers (HRV) program in general and second, it analyses to what extent it can be considered a concrete and practical example of an organization’s human rights due diligence (HRDD) and remedy efforts. As some of the broader business and human rights literature suggests, there seems to be a lack of practical examples of how corporations implement HRDD, making FIFA’s HRV program an exception worth studying. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-151e2937c28b47d78678ad4ba00de0b42024-03-19T05:10:57ZengCambridge University PressGerman Law Journal2071-83222023-12-01241740175110.1017/glj.2023.121“Games–Time Human Rights Due Diligence”: A Case Study of FIFA’s Human Rights Volunteers Program at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022Daniela Heerdt0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9131-3202T.M.C. Asser Instituut, The Hague, Netherlands Centre for Sport and Human Rights, Geneva, SwitzerlandThe FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 received an unprecedented amount of criticism from civil society and human rights organizations for the human rights risks and adverse human rights impacts related to organizing and staging the event. Interestingly, it was the first World Cup that was delivered with a team of human rights volunteers monitoring human rights issues at event venues on match days.1 Given the novelty of this project, this Article first informs about the FIFA human rights volunteers (HRV) program in general and second, it analyses to what extent it can be considered a concrete and practical example of an organization’s human rights due diligence (HRDD) and remedy efforts. As some of the broader business and human rights literature suggests, there seems to be a lack of practical examples of how corporations implement HRDD, making FIFA’s HRV program an exception worth studying.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2071832223001219/type/journal_articleHuman rightshuman rights volunteershuman rights due diligenceremedyFIFA World CupCentre for Sport and Human RightsUnited Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights |
| spellingShingle | Daniela Heerdt “Games–Time Human Rights Due Diligence”: A Case Study of FIFA’s Human Rights Volunteers Program at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 German Law Journal Human rights human rights volunteers human rights due diligence remedy FIFA World Cup Centre for Sport and Human Rights United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights |
| title | “Games–Time Human Rights Due Diligence”: A Case Study of FIFA’s Human Rights Volunteers Program at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 |
| title_full | “Games–Time Human Rights Due Diligence”: A Case Study of FIFA’s Human Rights Volunteers Program at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 |
| title_fullStr | “Games–Time Human Rights Due Diligence”: A Case Study of FIFA’s Human Rights Volunteers Program at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Games–Time Human Rights Due Diligence”: A Case Study of FIFA’s Human Rights Volunteers Program at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 |
| title_short | “Games–Time Human Rights Due Diligence”: A Case Study of FIFA’s Human Rights Volunteers Program at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 |
| title_sort | games time human rights due diligence a case study of fifa s human rights volunteers program at the fifa world cup qatar 2022 |
| topic | Human rights human rights volunteers human rights due diligence remedy FIFA World Cup Centre for Sport and Human Rights United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights |
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