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A UN expert warned Thursday that racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and other intolerance are entrenched across sports.
Dr. Ashwani K.P., the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, gave her report to the Human Rights Council, saying, “sport has the extraordinary ability to bring people together,” “yet, sport is not isolated from society,” because “it reflects the same structural inequalities and historical injustices that continue to shape people’s lives.”
The report examined modern forms of racism and other intolerance in sport, analyzing “how structural inequalities, discriminatory regulations, racist incidents, underrepresentation in sports governance, conflict and socioeconomic exclusion affect participation in sport and the experiences of marginalized racial and ethnic groups.” It also discussed the “international human rights law framework,” the “obligations of States and other actors,” the “urgent need for coordinated, human rights-based and intersectional approaches,” and gave numerous recommendations.
Specific examples of discrimination throughout sports included “high participation costs,” “restrictions on Palestinian athletes,” and “bans on Muslim women wearing hijabs.”
Regarding the international human rights law framework, Dr. Ashwani K.P. explained that the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) adopts a “comprehensive prohibition of all forms of racism that applies within all sporting domains and to all the manifestations of racism” identified in her report. Accordingly, “States that are a Party to the [ICERD] have committed to pursuing the realization of a domestic and international community free of all forms of racism,” so those “State Parties must ensure that all racial and ethnic groups enjoy the full scope of their rights in the context of sport.”
The Special Rapporteur concluded that:
This report echoes a speech by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk last July, where he urged member states “to invest more effort in addressing the gender gap in sports and promoting the rights of women athletes.”
The UN Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council shared that, “Only by dismantling the legacies of exclusion and discrimination can sport fulfil its potential as a force for dignity, justice, inclusion, and social change.”
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Dr. Ashwani K.P., the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, gave her report to the Human Rights Council, saying, “sport has the extraordinary ability to bring people together,” “yet, sport is not isolated from society,” because “it reflects the same structural inequalities and historical injustices that continue to shape people’s lives.”
The report examined modern forms of racism and other intolerance in sport, analyzing “how structural inequalities, discriminatory regulations, racist incidents, underrepresentation in sports governance, conflict and socioeconomic exclusion affect participation in sport and the experiences of marginalized racial and ethnic groups.” It also discussed the “international human rights law framework,” the “obligations of States and other actors,” the “urgent need for coordinated, human rights-based and intersectional approaches,” and gave numerous recommendations.
Specific examples of discrimination throughout sports included “high participation costs,” “restrictions on Palestinian athletes,” and “bans on Muslim women wearing hijabs.”
Regarding the international human rights law framework, Dr. Ashwani K.P. explained that the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) adopts a “comprehensive prohibition of all forms of racism that applies within all sporting domains and to all the manifestations of racism” identified in her report. Accordingly, “States that are a Party to the [ICERD] have committed to pursuing the realization of a domestic and international community free of all forms of racism,” so those “State Parties must ensure that all racial and ethnic groups enjoy the full scope of their rights in the context of sport.”
The Special Rapporteur concluded that:
Her recommendations encompass collecting relevant “racially and ethnically disaggregated data,” investing in equitable access to “sports infrastructure, programs, and coaching,” and engaging “with sports governance bodies on equity, diversity, and inclusion.”
This report echoes a speech by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk last July, where he urged member states “to invest more effort in addressing the gender gap in sports and promoting the rights of women athletes.”
The UN Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council shared that, “Only by dismantling the legacies of exclusion and discrimination can sport fulfil its potential as a force for dignity, justice, inclusion, and social change.”
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