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The Routledge handbook of mega-sporting events and human rights / ed. by William Rook... [et al.]

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:01:13 +0100

The Routledge handbook of mega-sporting events and human rights / ed. by William Rook... [et al.]

Routledge - 2024

"The Routledge handbook of mega-sporting events and human rights" explores in depth the topic of mega-sporting events (MSEs) and human rights, offering accounts of adverse human rights impacts linked to MSEs while considering the ...

Position statement : IOC framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations / Magali Martowicz

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:10:16 +0100

Position statement : IOC framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations / Magali Martowicz... [et al.]

Martowicz, Magali

2022

In November 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) released the framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations.The framework aims to support International Federa...

IOC adds human rights punch to the Lex Olympica / Antoine Duval

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:52:59 +0100

IOC adds human rights punch to the Lex Olympica / Antoine Duval

Duval, Antoine - juriste

2022

On 9 September 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) published its “Strategic framework on human rights”, two years after Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, former United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, and R...

A new megasport legacy : host-country human rights and anti-corruption reforms / Andrew Brady Spalding

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:52:42 +0100

A new megasport legacy : host-country human rights and anti-corruption reforms / Andrew Brady Spalding

Spalding, Andrew Brady

Oxford University Press - 2022

Though the Qatar 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup is for many a symbol of long-standing corruption and human rights problems, the event may actually represent something entirely new. Megasports are now demonstrating a capacity to leave w...

Human rights at the Olympic Games : policy, protest, progress? / Adam Talbot

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:52:22 +0100

Human rights at the Olympic Games : policy, protest, progress? / Adam Talbot

Talbot, Adam

This paper explores the evolution of IOC human rights policy reform under the presidency of Thomas Bach in relation to civil society groups pressuring the IOC over human rights violations. This reveals differing conceptions of rig...

Sport mega-event governance and human rights : the ‘Ruggie principles’, responsibility and directions / Seamus Byrne, Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:52:07 +0100

Sport mega-event governance and human rights : the ‘Ruggie principles’, responsibility and directions / Seamus Byrne, Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen

Byrne, Seamus | Ludvigsen, Jan Andre Lee

2022

In recent years, the discourses surrounding human rights and sport mega-events (SMEs) have grown immensely. These are often directed towards sport’s governing bodies responsible for the administration of these mega-events. Tapping...

The Olympics' evolving relationship with human rights : an ongoing affair / Jean-Loup Chappelet

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:51:51 +0100

The Olympics' evolving relationship with human rights : an ongoing affair / Jean-Loup Chappelet

Chappelet, Jean-Loup

2021

Human rights have become an increasingly important topic for mega sports events since the start of the 21st century, and the issue will undoubtedly make the headlines again in relation to Beijing hosting the XXIV Winter Olympic Ga...

The role of advocacy organisations for ethical mega sport events / David McGillivray... [et al.]

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:51:32 +0100

The role of advocacy organisations for ethical mega sport events / David McGillivray... [et al.]

McGillivray, David

2021

Non-governmental organisations have sought to enshrine progressive and ethical principles, protocols, and practices into governance arrangements for mega sport events. Evidence on whether, and how, they influence awarding bodies a...

Human rights in the Olympic Movement : the application of international and european standards to the lex sportiva / Antonio Di Marco

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:51:17 +0100

Human rights in the Olympic Movement : the application of international and european standards to the lex sportiva / Antonio Di Marco

Di Marco, Antonio

2022

The promotion of the Olympic ideals is strongly correlated with the effective protection of human rights in the sporting context. However, countless practical examples of violations of athletes' human rights have shown how the lin...

Hosting and human rights : the Summer Olympics in the twenty-first century / MacIntosh Ross and Michael McDougall

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:51:03 +0100

Hosting and human rights : the Summer Olympics in the twenty-first century / MacIntosh Ross and Michael McDougall

MacIntosh, Ross | McDougall, Michael

2022

During the twenty-first century, Olympic Summer Games have been used to distract from, justify and push through acts of increased securitization, surveillance, and displacement of the host city populace. Situating sport within the...

A human rights and anti-corruption legacy : building a conceptual model / Andrew Spalding

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:50:31 +0100

A human rights and anti-corruption legacy : building a conceptual model / Andrew Spalding

Spalding, Andrew Brady

University of Richmond School of Law - 2021

The Olympic Games are now poised to leave in the host city and country what this paper calls a governance legacy: a series of laws, policies, practices, and norms, promoting anti-corruption and human rights goals, that have applic...

Reflexões olímpicas e dignidade humana = Olympic reflections and human dignity / org. Nelson Todt... [et al.]

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:50:16 +0100

Reflexões olímpicas e dignidade humana = Olympic reflections and human dignity / org. Nelson Todt... [et al.]

Todt, Nelson

Gama Assessoria Empresaria - 2021

This collective and international work presents itself as a theoretical contribution to the renewal of the Olympic Movement with consequent influences on high competition sport. In essence, the texts organized ahead discuss the ...

Physical education and sport between human rights, duties, and obligations : observations from Germany / Michael Fritz Krüger

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:49:57 +0100

Physical education and sport between human rights, duties, and obligations : observations from Germany / Michael Fritz Krüger

Krüger, Michael Fritz

2021

The starting point entails the declarations of the International Olympic Committee, as well as UNESCO and the Council of Europe on sport as a human right. This article adopts a philosophical and historical perspective on the quest...

Blurred lines of responsibility and accountability : human rights abuses at mega-sporting events / Daniela Heerdt

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:49:42 +0100

Blurred lines of responsibility and accountability : human rights abuses at mega-sporting events / Daniela Heerdt

Heerdt, Daniela

Intersentia - 2021

Mega-sporting events (MSEs) like the FIFA World Cup or the Olympic and Paralympic Games are prestigious international events that attract attention in every part of the world. In the last two decades, it became increasingly known ...

Infection is one thing, mortality another : the Olympic Movement in extremis / John J. MacAloon

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:49:27 +0100

Infection is one thing, mortality another : the Olympic Movement in extremis / John J. MacAloon

MacAloon, John J.

2020

In this article, John MacAloon, analyses the situation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games from the perspective of global solidarity, human rights and the covid-19 pandemic.

Athletes' human rights and the fight against doping : a study of the European legal framework / Bart van der Sloot... [et al.]

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:49:13 +0100

Athletes' human rights and the fight against doping : a study of the European legal framework / Bart van der Sloot... [et al.]

Sloot, Bart van der

Assert Press - 2020

This book addresses the tension between, on the one hand, anti-doping practices and measures and, on the other hand, the fundamental rights of athletes. New techniques for testing and re-testing samples taken several years ago, ha...

Human rights issues in host countries of the Olympic Games and resulting differences in consumer evaluations / Joerg Koenigstorfer

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:48:54 +0100

Human rights issues in host countries of the Olympic Games and resulting differences in consumer evaluations / Joerg Koenigstorfer

Koenigstorfer, Joerg

2020

Violations of human rights have been reported in host countries of mega-sport events. Yet, the severity of violations differs between hosts. This study aims to find out whether differences in the severity of violations of human ri...

To what extent does the Paralympic Games promote the integration of disabled persons into society? / Chui Ling Goh

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:48:39 +0100

To what extent does the Paralympic Games promote the integration of disabled persons into society? / Chui Ling Goh

Goh, Chui Ling

2020

This paper discusses the extent to which the Paralympic Games has promoted the inclusion of disabled persons into society through sports, in light of the human rights framework found in the Convention of the Rights of Persons with...

Will human rights ever be Olympic values? : evaluating the responses to human rights violations at the Olympic Games / Ryan Gauthier and Gigi Alford

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:48:23 +0100

Will human rights ever be Olympic values? : evaluating the responses to human rights violations at the Olympic Games / Ryan Gauthier and Gigi Alford

Gauthier, Ryan | Alford, Gigi

2020

This article examines the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) reforms to address human rights, and what the IOC must do going forward. Part one draws the connection between human rights and the legitimacy of the Olympic Games....

The political history of the Olympics and the human rights thicket / Jules Boykoff

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:48:05 +0100

The political history of the Olympics and the human rights thicket / Jules Boykoff

Boykoff, Jules

2020

This critical article by Jules Boykoff is comprised of three parts. First, he discusses some of the history of the Olympics to explain how the Games today are both an echo and a product of the Olympic past. Second, he maps out the...

The ideals of global sport : from peace to human rights / ed. by Barbara Jean Keys

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:47:49 +0100

The ideals of global sport : from peace to human rights / ed. by Barbara Jean Keys

Keys, Barbara Jean

University of Pennsylvania Press - 2019

"The ideals of global sport" investigates these grandiose claims, peeling away the hype to reveal the reality: that shockingly little evidence underpins these endlessly repeated assertions. The essays, written by scholars from man...

Human rights and the Olympic Movement : estrangements and approximations / Billy Graeff, Daiana Viacelli Fernandes

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:47:27 +0100

Human rights and the Olympic Movement : estrangements and approximations / Billy Graeff, Daiana Viacelli Fernandes

Graeff, Billy | Viacelli Fernandes, Daiana

2019

This article focuses on the connexion between the Olympic Movement and human rights issues, specifically addressing the Summer Games that took place in 2000 (Sydney), 2004 (Athens), 2008 (Beijing), 2012 (London), and 2016 (Rio de ...

The International Olympic Committee and human rights reforms : game changer or mere window dressing? / Tomáš Grell

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:47:10 +0100

The International Olympic Committee and human rights reforms : game changer or mere window dressing? / Tomáš Grell

Grell, Tomáš

2018

This paper critically examines the International Olympic Committee’s human rights reforms, with a particular focus on the Host City Contract as the core legal document regulating the execution of the Games. It identifies several w...

International sporting events and human rights : does the host nation play fair? / Zack Bowersox

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:46:54 +0100

International sporting events and human rights : does the host nation play fair? / Zack Bowersox

Bowersox, Zack

Rowman and Littlefield - 2018

Questions have recently been raised about the political consequences a state experiences when hosting an international sporting event. As the Olympics and FIFA World Cup have visited Brazil and Russia, and the latter is slated to ...

A conceptual model and research agenda for bidding, planning and delivering major sport events that lever human rights / David McGillivray... [et al.]

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:46:32 +0100

A conceptual model and research agenda for bidding, planning and delivering major sport events that lever human rights / David McGillivray... [et al.]

McGillivray, David

2018

In this conceptual article, the authors propose a framework for how progressive human rights outcomes may be obtained in the context of bidding, planning and implementing major sport events (MSEs) through the implementation of fou...

Mega-sporting events and human rights : a time for more teamwork? / Lucy Amis

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:46:08 +0100

Mega-sporting events and human rights : a time for more teamwork? / Lucy Amis

Amis, Lucy

2017

Mega-sporting events (MSEs) like the Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup inspire humanity and have the potential to promote human rights, including through job creation and urban regeneration. Yet for over a decade MSEs have been lin...