FIFA has agreed to discuss World Cup human rights abuses and migrant worker deaths in Qatar at its annual congress next month.
The Norwegian Football Association lodged an official request that FIFA clarified its human rights responsibilities and potential remediation relating to the 2022 World Cup, as well as future tournaments.
A letter from Norway president Lise Klaveness asked FIFA to “assess whether it has fulfilled its responsibility to remedy related to the 2022 World Cup, including an investigation into World Cup-related deaths and injuries”.
Qatari organisers have admitted.
GENEVA (AP) At an upcoming meeting of national soccer federations, FIFA will be urged to compensate migrant workers and families of those who died or were injured on World Cup projects in Qatar. The issue will be raised by Norwegian soccer officials at the FIFA Congress meeting on March 16 in Rwanda, human rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday.
Qatar s economy is steadily growing with pivotal projects that were carried out in recent years due to FIFA World Cup 2022 and major events in the cou.