Tomáš Grell comes from Slovakia and is currently an LL.M. student in Public International Law at Leiden University. He contributes also to the work of the ASSER International Sports Law Centre as a part-time intern.
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Concerns about adverse human rights impacts related to FIFA’s activities have intensified ever since its late 2010 decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cup to Russia and Qatar respectively. However, until recently, the world’s governing body of football had done little to eliminate these concerns, thereby encouraging...
This is a follow-up contribution to my previous blog on human rights implications of the Olympic Games published last week. Together with highlighting some of the most serious Olympic Games-related human rights abuses, the first part has outlined the key elements of the Host City Contract (‘HCC’) as one of the...
In its press release of 28 February 2017, the International Olympic Committee (‘IOC’) communicated that, as part of the implementation of Olympic Agenda 2020 (‘Agenda 2020’), it is making specific changes to the 2024 Host City Contract with regard to human rights, anti-corruption and sustainable development. On this occasion, IOC President Thomas Bach stated that...
In the second part of this article, originally published on the Asser International Sports Law Blog, Tomáš Grell discusses whether FIFA’s Statutes tie it to responsibility for the conditions endured by migrant workers building the stadiums for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup. Part I of this article is available here. This is a follow-up...
In this article, originally published on the Asser International Sports Law Blog, Tomáš Grell discusses whether FIFA’s Statutes tie it to responsibility for the conditions endured by migrant workers building the stadiums for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup. On 2 December 2010, the FIFA Executive Committee elected Qatar as host of...
