This episode brings together experts, academics and practitioners to discuss the implications of a new report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to the Human Rights Council (HRC). The Report advances the discussion around the rights of persons with disabilities to participation in sport under article 30 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). In this podcast, Amy Farkas Karageorgos, Advisor to the Centre on Child and Disability...

With 2020 set to be one of the hottest years on record, climate change is bringing harsher heatwaves, heavier rain and fire risks among other threats. Playing and watching sport in 2021 will be increasing challenging. Long-term climate change will potentially increase migration, driving increased human rights abuses, racism and discrimination. In sport, the effects will not be evenly spread. Damage to playing surfaces, buildings and infrastructure, heat exhaustion, impact injuries from...

In this episode we look into how women in sport have been leading change in these challenging times, what progresses we have made as society towards gender equality in sports, structural barriers that remain, and effective measures to level the playing field for women and girls in sport. Featuring: - Mary Harvey, Centre for Sport and Human Rights - Sandra Kirby, Safe Sport International - Amanda Vandervort, Chief Women's Football Officer at FIFPRO - Gabriela Matus Bonilla, IOC Young Leader...

In this, our sixth and final episode, we look toward the future and are reminded of the value and beauty that sport and play provide not only to millions of children around the world, but also to the ideals of cooperation, community, competition and peace. Featuring: - Mary Harvey, Centre for Sport and Human Rights -Kirsty Burrows, Sports Rights Solutions - Dr Najat Malla M’jid, United Nations - Elda Moreno, Council of Europe - Dr Chungwon Choue, World Taekwondo

On this episode our guests discuss the important role that sport plays in the lives of children with disabilities and observations on the specific impacts that the restriction in access to sport is having Featuring: Mary Harvey, Centre for Sport and Human Rights Kirsty Burrows, Sports Rights Solutions Dr Cheri Blauwet, Harvard Medical School Charles Nyambe, Special Olympics Africa

eSport has seen exponential growth over the past few years and the pandemic has only increased its rise in popularity. In this episode, we discuss gaming's enormous reach and explore both the challenges, such as online safety and increased screen time, as well as its power for social change, education and the opportunity for connection during a time of isolation. - Mary Harvey Centre for Sport and Human Rights - Kirsty Burrows Sports Rights Solutions - Boban Totovsk iInternational eSports...

In this third episode of the special podcast series on Children, Sport and Covid-19, we will discuss the critical importance of the voice of the child, the need for role models and other persons of support for young athletes, and the necessity for safe and smart training plans as young people gradually return to sport. Featuring: Mary Harvey - Centre for Sport and Human Rights Kirsty Burrows - Sports Rights Solutions Philippe Furrer - insPoweredBy Kirtie Algoe - Athletes’ Commission of the...

This episode looks at how the absence of sport is impacting both the physical and mental well - being of children all around the world from feelings of isolation, loss of team dynamic or just the lack of physical activity, children are grappling to figure out this new normal. Featuring: Mary Harvey - Centre for Sport and Human Rights Kirsty Burrows - Sports Rights Solutions Dr. David McDuff - Maryland University Dr. Annie Sparrow - World Health Organisation Dr. Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu - Yale...

In April 2020 the Centre for Sport and Human Rights led a call for experts and practitioners in child rights, protection, and safeguarding in sport to come together to consider the Sports-Related Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children. A paper of the same name was subsequently published in June 2020.This 6-part Centre for Sport and Human Rights Podcast Series is a continuation of this initiative, seeking to bring together experts and practitioners from around to the world to discuss in...

Qatar's human rights record has been in the spotlight since they won the right to host the FIFA Mens World Cup back in 2010. Recently there have been some major developments in labour laws in the country but there are still a lot of challenges, including ensuring that standards developed for the World Cup take root across the country. In this podcast Centre CEO Mary Harvey sits down with two people who have been at the centre of all the changes: - Ambet Yuson, General Secretary of BWI...

This year has seen two major impacts on the world of sport. The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted sport all over the world, and with it, threats to athlete, fan and worker health and safety. We also saw an increase in athlete activism, ignited by the deaths of George Floyd, Brionna Taylor and Ahmaud Aubry. At the Centre, we’ve looked at how both of these events have impacted the world of sport and human rights. How can sport return to play safely? What of the impact on women’s sport? And how...

In the first of our regular series of podcasts, Centre CEO Mary Harvey spoke to Minky Worden, the Director of Global Initiatives at Human Rights Watch. Minky has taught as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) since 2013. Before joining Human Rights Watch in 1998, Worden lived and worked in Hong Kong as an adviser to Democratic Party chairman Martin Lee and worked at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. as a...

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