Mega-Sporting Event Host Countries and Human Rights - Challenges & Responses

This report outlines some of the challenges that have arisen for various hosts of mega-sporting events (MSE) in relation to human rights. It provides an overview of the event context, in-depth studies, and responses taken before, during and after various events including:

• The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
• The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games
• The Qatar 2022 World Cup
• The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup
• The London 2012 Summer Olympic Games and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

The material in this report was originally written for the www.megasportingevents.org website to expand on and advance the research contained in IHRB’s 2013 report “Striving for Excellence: Mega-Sporting Events and Human Rights”. It is accurate and up to date as of May 2014. The www.megasportingevents.org website has since been updated and the original content replaced. The original content has been archived into this series of short reports to maintain their usefulness as early contributions to the body of research on mega-sporting events and human rights.