Dr Daniela Heerdt (Centre for Sport and Human Rights / Asser Institute) and Shubham Jain (Centre for Sport and Human Rights / University of Cambridge) on "Human rights and major events"
Podcast blurb: Dr Daniela Heerdt and Shubham Jain talk about the state of play between major events and human rights, and talk about their textbook: The Routledge Handbook of Mega-Sporting Events and Human Rights, co-authored with William Rook.
Daniela and Shubham’s bios:
Daniela is Head of Research at the Centre for Sport and Human Rights and has a Ph.D. in the business and human rights research field, Daniela has experience in conducting research and teaching business and human rights, with particular expertise in the human rights impacts of mega-sporting events.
Shubham is a Fellow at the Centre for Sport & Human Rights and a doctoral candidate at the University of Cambridge. He researches, writes, and lectures on the intersection of sports, governance, human rights, public law, and inclusion.
Resources:
• The Routledge Handbook of Mega-Sporting Events and Human Rights
• IHRB White Papers Published on Mega-Sporting Events and Human Rights
• Centre's view on embedding human rights in sports events: A World of Responsible Sport
• Sporting Chance Principles on Sport and Human Rights
• Centre's Strategic Plan: Convergence 2025
• North America 2026 Men's Football World Cup Child Rights Project
• Human Rights Volunteers Programme for sport events
• BBC StoryWorks (exploring critical issues on the sport and human rights agenda)
• German Olympic Committee (DOSB) Human Rights Policy
• Safeguarding Initiative (Roadmap to Remedy)
• Good practices in stakeholder engagement and consultation (with ThinkSport)
• Generation 2026: Youth Media Forward Initiative
• Centre's Academic/ Research Resources:
o Library of sport and human rights literature
o Sport and Human Rights Case Collection
o Global Sport and Human Rights Academy
o Teaching Note on Sport and Human Rights
• Upcoming Training Programmes:
o Advanced professional training on Responding to human rights abuse in sport: Safe, effective & appropriate investigation (5-6 March 2024, The Hague).
o 3rd edition of the Sports and Human Rights Training Programme (22-29 May 2024, Online). Read reflections from the 2nd edition of the course here.
