Dhiraj Abraham Philip, Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India
ABSTRACT
The international and domestic sporting events at present increasingly reflect the impact of globalization at every level. However, this has brought with itself a set of challenges especially regarding human rights. The gross violation of human rights at the hosting venues and the conduct of such events at those venues are often overlooked by international sport bodies such as FIFA, UEFA, ICC.
This article seeks to examine human rights concerns from the prism of globalization in sport. Questions addressed in the article are: Whether human rights violations at sporting venues are ignored due to the high financial stakes involved on account of globalization of Sports. What are the challenges involved in raising concerns regarding human rights violations in global sporting events and whether raising such concerns will practically help to bring about any changes to the situation on ground?
