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FIFA ELECTIONS: ADDRESSING CORRUPTION ALSO MEANS ENDING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS ABUSES
Geneva, 29 May 2015 – Responding to the result of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) presidential elections today, in which Sepp Blatter has won a fifth term in office, Terre...
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A ‘NEW FIFA’ ? ONLY IF REFORMS ADDRESS CHILD RIGHTS ABUSES
Football means a lot for millions of children around the world. The values and the magic of the game should continue to be enjoyed by children free of harm and abuse. FIFA’s sport-for-development...
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FIFA candidates should pledge to end human rights abuses linked to World Cup
Rights groups urge contenders to address labour abuses and discrimination The candidates seeking the presidency of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) should sign up to a set...
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FIFA: none of the candidates pledges adequate steps to prevent human rights...
FIFA: NOT ONE CANDIDATE PLEDGES ADEQUATE STEPS TO PREVENT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE AND CORRUPTION “Let’s be clear. There is no time to waste in taking action to prevent human rights abuses linked to the...
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Human rights entering the FIFA Statutes
While all the attention is on the change of presidency at the head of FIFA, it is the set of reforms of the Statutes that give the framework of the urgently needed changes. The decisions adopted by the...
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Report is ‘key milestone’ for FIFA
Terre des Hommes welcomes the publication of a strongly-worded independent report which demands a “cultural shift” into FIFA’s approach to human rights issues. World football’s governing body and...
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FIFA ELECTIONS: ADDRESSING CORRUPTION ALSO MEANS ENDING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS ABUSES
Geneva, 29 May 2015 – Responding to the result of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) presidential elections today, in which Sepp Blatter has won a fifth term in office, Terre...
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FIFA pledges to discuss human rights at future World Cups
Terre des Hommes welcomes FIFA’s new mission statement which includes an explicit pledge to discuss the preservation of human rights at future World Cups. In the document, FIFA 2.0: The Vision for the...
View ArticleMajor steps taken… but next comes accountability
Mega Sporting Event organisers have taken major steps forward recently in addressing concerns over human rights, but “implementation and accountability” will be the next hurdles. That was the clear...
View ArticleHuman rights entering the FIFA Statutes
While all the attention is on the change of presidency at the head of FIFA, it is the set of reforms of the Statutes that give the framework of the urgently needed changes. The decisions adopted by the...
View ArticleReport is ‘key milestone’ for FIFA
Terre des Hommes welcomes the publication of a strongly-worded independent report which demands a “cultural shift” into FIFA’s approach to human rights issues. World football’s governing body and...
View ArticleFIFA pledges to discuss human rights at future World Cups
Terre des Hommes welcomes FIFA’s new mission statement which includes an explicit pledge to discuss the preservation of human rights at future World Cups. In the document, FIFA 2.0: The Vision for the...
View ArticleIs FIFA change for real?
Only time will tell if the promised changes in FIFA are for real, says the Head of Terre des Hommes’ Children Win campaign, Marc Joly. Joly was speaking after comments made by FIFA’s Head of...
View ArticleFIFA: Fan survey shows marginal increase in trust
A global survey of football fans has shown that trust in FIFA has marginally improved under new President Gianni Infantino – but that world football’s governing body still faces a huge task to...
View ArticleTerre des Hommes appointed to FIFA Human Rights Advisory Board
Terre des Hommes has been appointed as a member of a new human rights advisory board set up by FIFA. Launched today by world football’s governing body, the board has been established following the...
View ArticleInitial statement issued by FIFA Human Rights Advisory Board
Terre des Hommes, which co-ordinates the Children Win campaign, recently became a member of a new independent Human Rights Advisory Board, set up by FIFA to advise it on best practice and...
View ArticleFIFA human rights update welcomed – but greater transparency required
FIFA must become more transparent about how it is integrating human rights criteria into its operations, according to Children Win’s Head of Campaign Marc Joly. Joly was speaking after the governing...
View ArticleFIFA defends monitoring system after receiving human rights ‘Red Card’
FIFA says it is “going beyond what any sports federation has done to date” after being given a ‘red card’ for not delivering on human rights commitments in a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The...
View ArticleDesigners required! World Cup sticker album to support Terre des Hommes
Fancy yourself as a football illustrator? Well now you can show off your design skills whilst showing your support for Children Win in the build-up to the 2018 World Cup. Next spring, the sixth...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament event focuses on Russia 2018
Terre des Hommes attended an event at the European Parliament in Brussels aimed at raising awareness of human rights and mega sporting events. The event, organised by the Parliament’s Sport...
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