All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sport, Modern Slavery, & Human Rights
The APPG brings together Parliamentarians from all political parties with an interest in the issue of modern slavery and sport. The group’s mission is to find solutions to pressing human rights problems affecting large scale sporting events around the world, with a focus on three specific areas; the human rights impacts of the cycle of mega-sporting events, the impacts of the UK Modern Slavery Act on professional sport companies and discrimination in sport in all its forms.
The APPG is chaired by Alex Norris MP and Baroness Young of Hornsey, with the Secretariat provided by the UN Global Compact Network UK and the Centre for Sport and Human Rights.
The APPG holds regular meetings and over the next 24 months, the APPG plans to take evidence (written and oral) from high level, high profile sports administrators, athletes, policy makers, sports governing bodies, journalists, civil society/NGOs, and anyone else that can make a constructive contribution to the reports that will be produced.
For more information, please visit the APPG website here or contact our Business and Human Rights Project Manager, Marcella Mizzi.
Please note that due to COVID-19 restrictions, all formal APPG meetings are suspended until further notice.
Déjà vu for Belarus as IIHF prepares for decision on World Championship https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1103104/belarus-human-rights-world-ice-hockey#.YAassmMCP1Y.twitter
Hamilton: Human rights issues a massive problem in countries F1 races https://www.grandprix247.com/2021/01/12/hamilton-human-rights-issues-a-massive-problem-in-countries-f1-races/
Royal horse show agrees to adopt human rights policy https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/12/royal-horse-show-agrees-to-adopt-human-rights-policy
Report from @SlaveryPEC with results of an extensive consultation including academics and policy makers. It identifies lack of evidence of policy effectiveness and survivor involvement as key #challenges.
@alex_balch @LolaHornsey @APPG_SportandHR @colleentheron @gordonmiller81 https://twitter.com/SlaveryPEC/status/1348948400989990913
You spoke, we listened: we need to do research that is more equitable and effective.
Today, we published a report from the consultation on @SlaveryPEC research priorities. Our Director of Research @alex_balch blogs on what we heard in the consultation
https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/we-need-research-that-is-more-equitable-and-effective
👉'Outraged': Football unites to confront discrimination in new UEFA documentary - http://sportanddev.org https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/outraged-football-unites-confront-discrimination-new-uefa-documentary
#discrimination #football #sportandhumanrights
Amnesty criticises Infantino for Saudi PR video https://www.espn.com/soccer/blog-fifa/story/4282499/amnesty-critical-of-fifa-president-infantino-for-starring-in-saudi-pr-video
Survey on the impact of #COVID19 on children's sport still live. Please share far and wide, it's in multiple languages and we're seeking a diverse global response. 👇
🗓 Deadline February 15 🗓 #HumanRights #ActiveKids #YouthSport https://twitter.com/SportandRights/status/1343949906411720705
🚨 Does your sport organization work with children? We're conducting a global survey (in multiple languages) to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on children's sport.
Please share with your networks so we can learn how #COVID19 has affected their ability to play #Sport 👇
What a luxury for male footballers to discuss a mid-season Covid break, when most women are not even allowed to play.
@TomJGarry looks at the current inequalities between men's and women's football. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/01/04/luxury-male-footballers-discuss-mid-season-covid-break-women/?utm_content=football&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1609756697
Ismail Dawood hopes discrimination claim against ECB will lead to lasting change https://www.bt.com/sport/news/2020/december/ismail-dawood-hopes-discrimination-claim-against-ecb-will-lead-to-lasting-change
https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/55259770
The power of sport to change the world in 2020 @BBCAfricaSport
As the year draws to a close, we are celebrating the impact of @WomeninFootball's ground breaking #WhatIf campaign. We start at the top, with the @FA. This is what #WhatIf is all about - real change. https://twitter.com/WomeninFootball/status/1341069512427356161
In 2019 The FA's #WhatIf pledge was to provide every girl with the opportunity to play football in school.
We speak to @FA's Baroness Sue Campbell to see how the pledge is progressing & how @barclays have helped in the first of a special mini-series.
▶️ http://bit.ly/38n23r3
As we approach the end of 2020, we wanted to look back at what we’ve achieved in such a difficult year & look ahead to what may be an equally challenging but also more hopeful 2021 where we can all work together to make human rights more central to the world of sport. 👇
NEWS: The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI), the world authoritative body for the sports industry, has joined the Advisory Council of the Centre for Sport and Human Rights.
Read more about the exciting partnership with @WFSGI here ⬇
The 4th World Assembly of the World Players Association unanimously resolved to adopt a constitutional commitment to advance human rights https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/news/item/world-players-marks-historic-year-of-athlete-activism-with-constitutional-commitment-to-human-rights
UEFA to ‘spark a revolution’ with first women’s football podcast https://www.insidersport.com/2020/12/09/uefa-to-spark-a-revolution-with-first-womens-football-podcast/
FIFA approves maternity leave for women players https://news.yahoo.com/fifa-approves-maternity-leave-women-115008058.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr via @YahooNews
Qatar to allow rainbow flags at 2022 World Cup https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/12/09/soccer/qatar-rainbow-flags-world-cup/
World Athletics accused over 'abusive sex testing' of athletes from global south https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/04/world-athletics-accused-over-abusive-sex-testing-of-athletes-from-global-south
World Players Association welcome human rights recommendations for IOC https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1101616/world-players-association-human-rights#.X84E8hFEVVY.twitter