FIFA’s New Human Rights Strategy for 2026 World Cup: More Talk Than Real Accountability?
With less than a year to the 2026 World Cup, FIFA unveils a human rights framework that critics call watered down and unenforceable, raising tough questions about real protections for workers and communities in America’s backyard.
As the 2026 World Cup approaches, set to unfold across North America, FIFA claims progress with a new human rights action plan. Yet beneath this veneer of commitment lies a troubling pattern of empty promises echoing past global events where labor abuses and community harm were sidelined for spectacle. Is FIFA Prioritizing Image Over True Human Rights Protections? For decades, international sports bodies have faced criticism for glossing over grave human rights violations in host countries—most recently Qatar's brutal exploitation of migrant workers under oppressive conditions. Now, as the United States and its neighbors prepare to welcome millions, FIFA's new...
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