Human Rights and Megasports after Qatar: The Prospect of a Human Rights Legacy
A lecture by guest lecturer Prof Andy Spalding on the systemic human rights and corruption challenges in megasports.
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While megasport human rights and corruption controversies reached an apex with the Qatar 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup, megasports can also leave a legacy of positive human rights and anti-corruption reforms in the host country. This talk will focus on the issues arising in Qatar, the impacts and potential legacies of the 2023 AU/NZ FIFA Women's World Cup, and controversies now looming on the horizon as megasports come to North American this decade.
About the Speaker
Prof. Andy Spalding is a Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law (Virginia, USA) and author of A New Megasport Legacy: Host-Country Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Reforms (Oxford University Press 2022). He served as a UN-trained Human Rights Observer for the Qatar World Cup and has lectured on corruption and human rights issues around the world.
5:30pm - 6:30pm Monday 31 July 2023
Northey Lecture Theatre (Room 801 - 204, Auckland Law School, 9 Eden Crescent Auckland, 1010)