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October 2, 2025
FIFA and International Cricket Council under scrutiny over Saudi Aramco ties in light of UN Human Rights Warning

Six of the world’s biggest sports organisations, including FIFA, the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Formula 1, have been challenged to justify their sponsorship deals with state-owned Saudi Aramco following concerns that such partnerships may place them in breach of international human rights standards.

Accountability in Sport Aramco Authoritarianism Business and Human Rights Climate Concacaf Cricket FIFA Football Formula 1 Motor racing Saudi Arabia Sport and Human Rights UN UN Human Rights Council Women's Rights
Taiwan's migrants workers protest march in Taipei City
July 14, 2021
Taiwan should overhaul recruitment practices for foreign workers
Business and Human Rights Exploitation of Migrant Workers Fair Recruitment Five Corridors Philippines Report Taiwan
Applicants look at job offers displayed on a glass window of a recruitment agency in Manila in this October 9, 2010 file photo. An average of more than 3,000 workers leave the country daily to work as professionals, nurses, doctors, domestic helpers, seaf
July 14, 2021
Philippines should do more to incentivize fair and ethical recruitment
Business and Human Rights Exploitation of Migrant Workers Fair Recruitment Five Corridors Philippines Report Taiwan
July 6, 2021
Multi-country study urges wealthy states to take the strain to ensure fair recruitment of migrant workers and prevent abuse
Business and Human Rights Canada Exploitation of Migrant Workers Fair Recruitment Five Corridors Kuwait Mexico Nepal Philippines Qatar Report Taiwan Thailand
Nepalese migrant workers queue to receive official documents in order to leave Nepal from the Labour department in Kathmandu on January 27, 2014. Nearly 200 Nepali migrant workers died in Qatar in 2013, many of them from heart failure, officials said, figures that highlight the grim plight of labourers in the Gulf nation.
June 23, 2021
Five Corridors Project on fair recruitment – launch event
Business and Human Rights Canada Exploitation of Migrant Workers Fair Recruitment Five Corridors Kuwait Mexico Myanmar Nepal Philippines Qatar Taiwan Thailand
May 28, 2021
Qatar: Kenyan Labour Rights Activist in Solitary Confinement
Authoritarianism Exploitation of Migrant Workers Kenya Malcolm Bidali Political Repression Qatar
May 13, 2021
Qatar: Fears grow for forcibly disappeared migrants’ rights activist
Authoritarianism Exploitation of Migrant Workers Kenya Malcolm Bidali Political Repression Qatar
Image courtesy of The Workers Cup film
March 10, 2021
Qatar and FIFA should respond to boycott calls with action
Accountability in Sport Bangladesh Exploitation of Migrant Workers Germany India Nepal Norway Pakistan Qatar Sport and Human Rights Sri Lanka
Cremation ceremony for a worker who died while working in the Gulf. Kathmandu, Nepal, 2014.
December 18, 2020
Launch of Vital Signs project
Bahrain Bangladesh Climate Exploitation of Migrant Workers Health India Kuwait Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE Vital Signs
November 9, 2020
Human rights guidance for businesses in Saudi Arabia
Authoritarianism Business and Human Rights Exploitation of Migrant Workers Political Repression Report Saudi Arabia
Saudi arabia, workers listen to the instructions of a Indian technical , 1952. Credit: Alamy
October 28, 2020
New FairSquare Policy Brief on migrant workers in Saudi Arabia
Exploitation of Migrant Workers Policy Brief Report Saudi Arabia
Credit: Omar Chatriwala
September 9, 2020
Qatar must enforce reforms to kafala system
Accountability in Sport Business and Human Rights Exploitation of Migrant Workers Fair Recruitment FIFA ILO Qatar
Credit: J. Pellgen
July 21, 2020
Premier League: Adopt Human Rights Policy
Accountability in Sport Authoritarianism Business and Human Rights Political Repression Saudi Arabia Sport and Human Rights UK
Credit: POMED
April 23, 2020
Premier League should reject Saudi-led takeover of Newcastle FC
Accountability in Sport Authoritarianism Political Repression Saudi Arabia Sport and Human Rights UK
Credit: International Domestic Workers Federation
April 10, 2020
Covid-19 and migrant workers in the Gulf
Bahrain Discrimination Exploitation of Migrant Workers Fair Recruitment Health Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE Women's Rights
Credit: The Workers Cup film
December 10, 2019
Liverpool FC and worker deaths in Qatar
Accountability in Sport Business and Human Rights Exploitation of Migrant Workers Health Qatar Sport and Human Rights UK
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