2. METHODOLOGY
Although this report includes analysis of Qatar’s obligations to provide remedy to victims of human rights abuses, the primary focus of this report is FIFA. 1 It is based on a detailed review of all published documents and reports related to the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar including but not limited to: -
FIFA’s Human Rights Policy 2 FIFA’s publications related to its human rights responsibilities 3 FIFA Human Rights Advisory Board work and reports 4 FIFA’s responses to the Human Rights Advisory Board recommendations 5 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Sustainability Strategy 6 and progress reports 7 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Sustainability Policy 8 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Sustainable Sourcing Code 9 FIFA’s grievance mechanisms 10
The exploitation and abuse migrant workers have suffered since the right to host the World Cup was awarded to Qatar has involved, and is the responsibility of, a multiplicity of state and non-state actors. Those directly responsible are hundreds of private companies, both national and foreign, who directly employ migrant workers to provide construction and other services for the staging and delivery of the 2022 World Cup. These actors all have their own responsibilities to respect the rights of all workers and remedy any abuses they cause or to which they contribute. 2 FIFA’s Human Rights Policy – May 2017 Edition, https://img.FIFA.com/image/upload/kr05dqyhwr1uhqy2lh6r.pdf 3 John Ruggie, For the Game. For the World – FIFA and Human Rights, 2016, https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/mrcbg/programs/cri/files/Ruggie_humanrightsFIFA_reportApril2 016.pdf ; and FIFA, ‘2.0: The Vision for the Future’, 13 October 2016, https://resources.FIFA.com/image/upload/FIFA-2-0-the-vision-for-the-future.pdf?cloudid=drnd5smfl6dhhxgiyqmx; and ‘FIFA Activity Update on Human Rights’, May 2017, https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/ah5ghjuqbc6nzdbtpxhy.pdf 4 FIFA Human Rights Advisory Board. All details about the Board’s work and its four reports can be found in the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre’s dedicated site: https://old.business-humanrights.org/en/fifa-humanrights-advisory-board; the fifth report is available at: https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/4769eb55b4e22ba5/original/vforeieiz1fh06ld4a36-pdf.pdf; and the closing report is available at: https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/organisation/committees/news/fifa-human-rights-advisory-board-providesclosing-repor 5 Update from FIFA on the Recommendations of the FIFA Human Rights Advisory Board covering the period of September 2018 to November 2019, January 2020, https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/ot4pzfavdz5vjxbopxzq.pdf. In the period between its first human rights report of June 2017 and its January 2020 report, FIFA reported on its human rights efforts twice through statements included in the annual reports of the Human Rights Advisory Board of September 2017 and September 2018 6 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Sustainability Strategy, https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/fifa-world-cup-qatar2022tm-sustainability-strategy.pdf?cloudid=u25obd7303tdxupsjysn 7 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - First Sustainability Progress Report, October 2020, https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/qlsdbl7ipsax0ndjqyup.pdf; and FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Sustainability Progress Report, January 2022, https://www.qatar2022.qa/en/news/latest-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022-sustainabilityprogress-report-highlights-key-achievements 8 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Sustainability Policy, https://fifa-backend.pressfire.net/media/newsletter/sustainabilitypolicy-Jan-2020.pdf 9 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Sustainable Sourcing Code, Version 1, April 2020, https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/fxrrprncoiiqqhmqdku8.pdf (a newer version dated December 2020 was issued with no significant modifications). 10 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Sustainability Progress Report, January 2022 (Human Rights Grievance and Remedy Mechanism), https://publications.fifa.com/en/sustainability-report/social-pillar/inclusivity/human-rights-grievance-and1
PREDICTABLE AND PREVENTABLE WHY FIFA AND QATAR SHOULD REMEDY THE 2022 WORLD CUP ABUSES Amnesty International
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