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Sport in Society Introduces Ground-breaking Human Rights in Sport Checklist
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Sport in Society, a Northeastern University Center, is pleased to announce the first of its kind human rights in sport checklist. The list clearly delineates the rights of all participants in sport. It can also be used as a tool to raise awareness about the current status of human rights in sport.

Sport in Society encourages sports organizations as well as third parties to use this instrument to gain a better understanding of the landscape of sport and human rights looking at both the strides sport has made as well as areas that may need improvement.

Over several months, Sport in Society researchers, in collaboration with a team of international sport and human rights experts, compiled a detailed list of human rights for participants of sports including players, coaches, officials, and others. The checklist was established within the framework and guidelines of international treaties and conventions addressing human rights in sport. Through our research, we discovered that although human rights have been a subject long studied, there has not been a comprehensive look at the state of human rights in sports. This checklist will be a tool to fill that gap. We created the checklist as a tool to study sports organizations, and it can easily be tailored to review government programs, grassroots programs, and a country’s overall system.

Sport in Society Research Fellow and checklist co-author Dr. Mary Hums says, “People who recognize the influence and power of sport can step to the forefront of the international movement to ensure human rights for all. The development of this checklist will help policy makers define and quantify human rights issues for organizations which are leading the way and will provide guidance for organizations wanting to do better.”

"This checklist goes hand in hand with the work that sport and development groups have been doing," says Amber Morris, Sport in Society human rights advisor and co-author of the checklist. "Different organizations have been focusing on the ways sport can be used as a tool to improve human rights around the globe, but sometimes looking at the status of participants in sport and their rights is forgotten. That is why we created this checklist."

With the dissemination of this tool, we hope more attention will be given to the current status of human rights in sport. Sport in Society offers consultative technical assistance that includes evaluation and education. For further information, please contact: Eli A. Wolff, Manager of Research, 617-373-8936, [email protected].

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