Sport and Rights

Author: Centre for Sport and Human Rights

The Sport and Rights podcast is brought to you by the Centre for Sport and Human Rights. Focusing on how the worlds of sport and human rights are coming together to achieve positive change in the lives of people around the world, we will be hearing a range of perspectives - from athletes, sports bodies, governments, trade unions, sponsors and broadcasters on where sport is getting it right, and where there is still work to be done. Sport has a unique power to be a force for good in society. Join us for this new podcast on how sport can help shape a world that respects the dignity and rights of all people.
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Rights, Sport, and Disability
Friday, 9 April, 2021

This episode brings together experts, academics and practitioners to discuss the implications of a new report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to the Human Rights Council (HRC). The Report advances the discussion around the rights of persons with disabilities to participation in sport under article 30 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). In this podcast, Amy Farkas Karageorgos, Advisor to the Centre on Child and Disability Rights, sits down with four leaders that have been involved with drafting the report and who are working to advance article 30: - Facundo Chavez Penillas, Human Rights and Disability Advisor, OHCHR - Eli Wolff, Director, Disability in Sport International and the Power of Sport Lab - Juan Pablo Salazar, Governing Board Member, International Paralympic Committee - Susan Masila, Manager of Government Relations and Global Development for Special Olympics Africa Region - Shalel Tennah, Special Olympics Athlete from Kenya