Sport and Rights

Sport and Rights


Latest Episodes

Rights, Sport, and Disability
April 09, 2021

This episode brings together experts, academics and practitioners to discuss the implications of a new report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to the Human Rights Cou

Climate Change and Sport with Mary Robinson
March 25, 2021

With 2020 set to be one of the hottest years on record, climate change is bringing harsher heatwaves, heavier rain and fire risks among other threats. Playing and watching sport in 2021 will be increa

International Women's Day Special: Women's Leadership in Sport
March 08, 2021

In this episode we look into how women in sport have been leading change in these challenging times, what progresses we have made as society towards gender equality in sports, structural barriers that

Children, Sport & COVID19 ep6: Building Back to a Better Future
January 29, 2021

In this, our sixth and final episode, we look toward the future and are reminded of the value and beauty that sport and play provide not only to millions of children around the world, but also to the

Children, Sport & COVID-19 ep5: Children with Disabilities
January 22, 2021

On this episode our guests discuss the important role that sport plays in the lives of children with disabilities and observations on the specific impacts that the restriction in access to sport is ha

Children, Sport & COVID-19 ep4: The Growth of eSports
January 19, 2021

eSport has seen exponential growth over the past few years and the pandemic has only increased its rise in popularity. In this episode, we discuss gaming's enormous reach and explore both the challeng

Children, Sport & Covid-19 ep3: Elite Youth Athletes & Listening to the Voices of Young People
January 15, 2021

In this third episode of the special podcast series on Children, Sport and Covid-19, we will discuss the critical importance of the voice of the child, the need for role models and other persons of su

Children, Sport & COVID-19 ep2: Impacts Associated with the Absence of Sport pt.2
January 13, 2021

This episode continues the conversation started in episode one concerning the impacts associated with the absence of sport and that impact on children. Today we look specifically at the impacts felt b

Children, Sport & COVID-19 ep1: Impacts Associated with the Absence of Sport
January 08, 2021

This episode looks at how the absence of sport is impacting both the physical and mental well - being of children all around the world from feelings of isolation, loss of team dynamic or just the lack

Special Series Introduction: Children, Sport & COVID-19
January 08, 2021

In April 2020 the Centre for Sport and Human Rights led a call for experts and practitioners in child rights, protection, and safeguarding in sport to come together to consider the Sports-Related Impa