Law

Clifford Chance Under Fire for Human Rights Assessment of Saudi Arabia World Cup Bid

Clifford Chance is under fire from human rights groups over its assessment of Saudi Arabia's 2034 World Cup bid, prompting talk of legal action against the international football body FIFA. Amnesty ...
The New York Times

Report on 2034 World Cup bidders Saudi Arabia is ‘flawed’, say 11 human rights groups

Eleven leading human rights organisations have rounded on Clifford Chance, a leading global law firm whose Saudi operation produced a 39-page document published by the world football governing body ...
Jurist

Rights organizations criticize ‘flawed’ assessment of Saudi Arabia 2034 World Cup bid

Several human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, expressed concerns Monday over a “flawed” human rights assessment of Saudi Arabia’s FIFA 2034 World Cup bid. The 11 organizations ...
Human Rights Watch

Rights Groups Voice Key Concerns About FIFA’s Independent Human Rights Context Assessment of Saudi Arabia

In April 2016, under pressure from corruption arrests of senior FIFA staff and reporting of the conditions of migrant workers building infrastructure for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, FIFA endorsed the ...
IFEX

Concerns mount over flawed Saudi Arabia World Cup 2034 human rights assessment

A global law firm's problematic review of Saudi Arabia's World Cup bid ignores a dire human rights record. This statement was originally published on gc4hr.org on 28 October 2024. A flawed human ...
Law

Clifford Chance Under Fire for Human Rights Assessment of Saudi Arabia World Cup Bid

Eleven NGOs say Clifford Chance glossed over Saudi Arabia's human rights record in an assessment of the country’s FIFA 2034 bid. The original version of this story was published on Law.com ...