"Olympics: Host City Contract Requires Human Rights", 28 Feb 2017

The move by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to incorporate human rights principles in its Host City Contract could help prevent major abuses by future Olympic hosts…The revised Host City Contract, developed with recommendations from…the SRA, a coalition of leading rights, transparency, and athletes’ organizations, was finalized in January 2017 and will first apply to the 2024 Summer Olympics. For the first time, the IOC has included explicit reference to the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP), which outline the human rights responsibilities of businesses, as well as references to anti-corruption standards…The revised contract requires host cities to “protect and respect human rights and ensure any violation of human rights is remedied…The amendments mark the latest step in a long campaign by the SRA, which in February 2015 called for “rights-respecting Olympic bids” …but [also] cautioned that words on paper would not change practice [and] that implementation and monitoring are essential.