• Coalition calls for commitment to non-discrimination and labour practices
• ‘It is fundamental the IOC wakes up to the human rights impact of its events’The International Olympic Committee has been criticised by a coalition of human rights organisations for not living up to the expectations created by its Agenda 2020 reform programme.
The Sport and Rights Alliance – which includes Amnesty International, the International Trade Union Confederation and Transparency International among others – has said the absence of any explicit reference to human rights in its newly redrafted host city contract is a “shocking omission”.
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Source: theguardian.com