UN / SPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein and Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), emphasised that respect for human rights can be channelled through sports.OHCHR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:38
• Production Date: 26 June 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ZEID RA'AD AL HUSSEIN
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• Subject Topical: HUMAN RIGHTS; SPORTS
• MAMS Id: 2186889
• Parent Id: 2186889
• Alternate Title: unifeed180626e

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STORY: UN / SPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS
TRT: 1:38
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT OHCHR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 25 JUNE 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE

Shotlist

FILE - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations exterior

25 JUNE 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

2. Wide shot, conference room
3. Med shot, videographers
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Bach, President, International Olympic Committee:
“It’s about universality and it’s about non-discrimination, therefore in sport, there I can make reference to what I said before, that there is a world law of sports and because of this world law of sports we are in fact, we are all equal.”
9. Med shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“When it comes to issues related to, as we have seen in other contexts, the creation of sports facilities, that the approach to construction, the approach to the issue of how one deals with labour rights and all of that, and it is well developed in other sporting fora, that this is done in a way that is transparent, that’s open. And that the enjoyment of sport, the participation of the athletes is done without it being at the expense of others whose experience is less than that.”
11. Med shot, delegates
14. Med shot, viewfinder on camera
16. Med shot, journalist
17. Med shot, delegates
17. Wide shot conference room

Storyline

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein and Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), emphasised that respect for human rights can be channelled through sports.

In a high-level dialogue between the two, Zeid and Bach cited the value of respect for others, irrespective of race, creed or religion as an overarching and binding value by both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Olympic Charter.

Bach described sports as respect for others, for rules, and for one’s self. He added, “It’s about universality and it’s about non-discrimination. He said there is a “world law of sports” which makes everyone equal.

Bach said the IOC had a responsibility to ensure that the Olympic charter which includes human rights is respected during the Olympic games. He said one of the ways that the IOC does this is by using human rights as one of the criteria for selecting host cities for the games, and ensuring that human rights principles are embedded in the hosting contracts.

The UN human rights chief said people must be careful that in their celebrations they do not cross the line and become chauvinistic nationalists.

Zeid stressed that when creating sports facilities, the approach to construction and labour rights must be done in a “transparent” manner. He said the enjoyment of sport must be done “without it being at the expense of others who experience is less than that.”

The two were speaking at the first of a series of high level dialogues with global thinkers to mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.