The webinar featured an interactive discussion on the implementation of this emerging field of law and practice, building on two recent LawinSport articles: "A guide to the World Players Association’s Universal Declaration of Player Rights" by Matthew Kaiser and “Sport’s human rights requirements: an opportunity and challenge for sports lawyers as well as sports governing bodies” by Brendan Schwab.


SPEAKERS

• Brendan Schwab, Executive Director, World Players Association, UNI Global Union
• Gigi Alford, Head of Sport and Human Rights, World Players Association, UNI Global Union (also, Coordinator of the Sport & Rights Alliance)
• Matthew D. Kaiser, Associate at Global Sports Advocates 
• Sean Cottrell (Chair), CEO, LawInSport
   

Further Reading 

• A guide to the World Players Association’s Universal Declaration of Player Rights - By Matthew Kaiser, 16 February 2018, LawInSport, 
  https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/articles/item/a-guide-to-the-world-players-association-s-universal-declaration-of-player-rights 
  
  
• Sport’s human rights requirements: an opportunity and challenge for sports lawyers as well as sports governing bodies - By Brendan Schwab, 15 March 2018, LawInSport https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/articles/athlete-welfare/item/sport-s-human-rights-requirements-an-opportunity-and-challenge-for-sports-lawyers-as-well-as-sports-governing-bodies
  
  
• When We Know Better, We Do Better - Embedding the Human Rights of Players as a Prerequisite to the Legitimacy of Lex Sportiva and Sport's Justice System - By Brendan Schwab, 04 December 2017, Maryland Journal of International Law, https://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/mjil/vol32/iss1/4/ 

• Universal Declaration of Player Rights - https://www.uniglobalunion.org/sites/default/files/files/news/official_udpr.pdf
  
  
• Background to the development of the Universal Declaration including research into the practical condition of athletes and players -  https://www.uniglobalunion.org/sites/default/files/imce/udpr_development_14_dec_17_v1.pdf
  
  
• World Player Rights Policy -  https://www.uniglobalunion.org/sites/default/files/imce/world_player_rights_policy_doc_v1.pdf
  
  
• Report – Championing Human Rights in the Governance of Sports Bodies (Mega Sporting Events Platform for Human Rights) https://www.ihrb.org/megasportingevents/resource-view/championing-human-rights-governance-sports-bodies
  
  
• Report – The Mega-Sporting Event Lifecycle – Embedding Human Rights from Vision to Legacy (Mega Sporting Events Platform for Human Rights)  https://www.ihrb.org/megasportingevents/resource-view/mse-lifecycle-embedding-human-rights-from-vision-to-legacy

• “FOR THE GAME. FOR THE WORLD.” FIFA and Human Rights by John G. Ruggie, April 2016 - can be viewed here
  
  
• Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights can be viewed here
  
  
• Webinar Presentation by Brendan Schwab and Gigi Alford can be viewed here
  

DOCUMENTS MENTIONED BY GIGI ALFORD

• Yogyakarta Principles plus 10 - https://yogyakartaprinciples.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/A5_yogyakartaWEB-2.pdf 
  
  
• World Players’ analysis of the significance for athlete’s rights of the 2018 Human Rights Council resolution on promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal - https://medium.com/@worldplayers/human-rights-council-speaks-up-for-athletes-rights-in-wake-of-surging-abuses-9e66f081cb4f 
  
  
• Katrina Karkazis’ interview on the latest episode of the Edge of Sport as a resource for insight into her views on the IAAF’s new hyperandrogenism regulation.
  Here’s her pre-release paper on the topic: 'The Powers of Testosterone: Obscuring Race and Regional Bias in the Regulation of Women Athletes' by Katrina Karkazis
  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324756732_The_Powers_of_Testosterone_Obscuring_Race_and_Regional_Bias_in_the_Regulation_of_Women_Athletes 
  

• The draft OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct, which will be officially released in June at the annual meeting: https://mneguidelines.oecd.org/OECD-Due-Diligence-Guidance-Responsible-Business-Conduct.pdf 
  
  

Related LawInSport Podcasts

• Campaigning for equality and recognition of human rights in sport - Episode 57
• The evolution of athlete rights with Brendan Schwab of the World Players Association - Episode 59

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