The State of Play between Managing Major Sports Events and Human Rights: A Scoping Review

Joerg Koenigstorfer, Yanxiang Yang, Jason Bocarro, Ian Brittain, Erik Lundberg, David McGillivray, Laura Misener, Lawrence Chalip, Michael Duignan

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    Abstract

    This scoping review integrates literature from diverse perspectives to better understand when and how management of major sport events promotes or harms human rights. The authors critically review 130 peer-reviewed English language articles to identify conceptual contributions to research and practice. The findings reveal that politics and political reform, legal frameworks and organizational actions are crucial influences in when and how management of events promotes or harms human rights. The most frequently considered rights in the literature are: equality, human trafficking-related, sport as a human right, worker rights and freedom of residence. Activism for human rights stimulates change within relevant stakeholders via collaboration, naming and shaming, in-public debates and media coverage. The committed, transparent and inclusive consideration of human rights in all stages of managing sport events (from bid preparation, bidding, planning and hosting to post-event leverage) may increase the likelihood that the event has social benefits.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)823-849
    Number of pages27
    JournalEvent Management
    Volume27
    Issue number6
    Early online date24 Mar 2023
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 3 Oct 2023

    Bibliographical note

    This article is Open Access under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND licence.

    Funder

    The research was funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 823815.

    Funding

    The research was funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 823815.

    FundersFunder number
    Horizon Europe823815

      Keywords

      • Equality
      • Freedom
      • Human trafficking
      • Sport
      • Worker rights
      • Inclusivity

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