As Human Rights Watch's Director of Global Initiatives, Minky Worden develops and implements international outreach and advocacy campaigns.
No one can predict which team will win the Men’s World Cup soccer championship in 2034. But based on current conditions, we know the biggest losers will be the millions of migrant workers subject to egregious abuses while building stadiums, transit, infrastructure, and other facilities for host country Saudi Arabia over the next decade.
World Cup history.” The deeply flawed “has a responsibility” to compensate families of thousands of migrant workers who died building has not responded.Winning the right to host is an effort championed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has made clear that the put in place specific human rights standards for itself and countries hosting the games—including protections against forced labor. These reforms were supposed to keep the tournament away from the worst human-rights violators.
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