Mega events, governance and human rights: United 2026
By Callum McCloskey, PhD researcher at University of the West of Scotland (UWS). I recently...
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Author: David McGillivray
Qatar World Cup and Sportwashing: Adam Talbot
The term sportswashing has emerged in recent years, often to decry sporting events being hosted in authoritarian regimes with the purpose of improving reputations. First used to describe the 2015 European Games in Baku, the term...
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EventRights scholars draw attention to Qatar World Cup Human Rights concerns
This article was initially written for the North Carolina State University News.Jason Bocarro,...
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EventRights host Symposium on Sport Events and Human Rights
Hosted by the Centre for Culture, Sport & Events at UWS, Foregrounding a Rights-Based Agenda...
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Eventrights scholars participate in IOA’s Young Participants session
EventRights’ Professor David McGillivray (university of the West of Scotland) was recently...
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