Dialogue forum: Learning from Qatar 2022, 19.3.24

Learning from Qatar 2022: The protection of human rights at future international sporting events

Tuesday, 19 March 2024
16:30 (admittance 16:00)
Festsaal Palais Epstein
Dr. Karl Renner-Ring 1, 1010 Vienna

Opening

Werner Kogler, vice chancellor and sports minister

Podium 1

Martin Poiger, Secretary-General, European Judo Union
Mustafa Qadri, Director of the international human rights organisation Equidem
Hanna Stepanik, project coordinator “Our Game for Human Rights”, fairplay/VIDC

Podium 2

Maximilian Köllner, Sports spokesman (SPÖ)
Agnes Sirkka Prammer, Chairwoman of the sports committee at the Austrian National Council (Die Grünen)
Yannick Shetty, Sports spokesman (NEOS)
Christoph Zarits, Sports spokesman (ÖVP)

Moderation: Martin Kainz

The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar was one of the most controversial events in the history of modern sport. After Qatar won the bid to host the event in 2010, allegations of corruption were raised. Qatar was criticised above all for its human rights violations: From the exploitation of migrant workers on World Cup construction sites and female domestic workers, to state discrimination against LGBTIQ+ and restrictions on freedom of assembly and the press.

More than a year after the controversial FIFA Men's World Cup 2022, the event is intended to provide an impetus to bring the topic of sport and human rights more into the focus of the Austrian parliament and Austrian sport. Parliamentarians as well as representatives of sports and human rights organisatio

Please register at: wengler [AT] vidc [DOT] org

The event takes place with ASL interpretation.
The dialogue forum will be followed by a get-together.

The dialog forum is taking place as part of the Our Game for Human Rights project funded by Austrian Development Cooperation.