FairSquare has called FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s presence and comments at the Sharm el-Sheikh ‘Peace Summit’ yesterday “highly significant and deeply troubling”. Infantino, who was at the summit alongside US President Donald Trump and numerous world leaders, released a video on his Instagram account and said that FIFA would “help to bring football back – together with […] The post Gianni Infantino at Sharm el-Sheikh summit: “highly significant and deeply troubling...| FairSquare
In an article written jointly with Antoine Duval of the Asser Law Institute, FairSquare Programme Director Nick McGeehan argues that the difference between UEFA and FIFA’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and to Israel’s murderous war in Gaza is not premised on the gravity of the crimes committed, but on the degree of […] The post UEFA Virtue-Signalling While Gaza Burns appeared first on FairSquare.| FairSquare
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Bohemian Football Club, FairSquare and Irish Sport for Palestine have written to UEFA requesting the immediate suspension of the Israel Football Association (IFA) from UEFA competitions due to serious, ongoing breaches of UEFA and FIFA statutes. The organisations’ submission sets out two independent and longstanding grounds, each sufficient on its own to trigger suspension: This […]| FairSquare
The Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), also known as international humanitarian law (IHL), is a set of rules that govern warfare and aim to minimize harm to civilians and non-combatants. Alexandra Meise joins podcast editor Ron Granieri to examine the development of LOAC, which stems from treaties like the Geneva Conventions, domestic laws of individual states, and the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court. Their conversation delves into war crimes, crimes against humanity...| A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
FIFA’s ongoing failure to enforce sanctions against the Israeli Football Association (IFA) despite long-standing and irrefutable evidence that the IFA is in violation of FIFA Statutes is further evidence of the organisation’s ad hoc and selective enforcement of its rules. At its 75th annual Congress held in Paraguay on 15 May – twelve years after […]| FairSquare
Peasant-based human rights network Tanggol Magsasaka (Defend Farmers) today expressed support for the ongoing International Peoples Tribunal 2024 (IPT) happening in Brussels, Belgium to probe the g…| updates from the peasant movement of the Philippines
In a media forum today, the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas and peasant-based human rights wathdog Tanggol Magsasaka (Defend Farmers) said farmers will persist to fight back against the wave of st…| updates from the peasant movement of the Philippines