Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, FairSquare and Equidem condemn FIFA’s shifting position on effective compensation scheme

FIFA is failing to fulfill its human rights responsibilities by refusing to commit to compensate migrant workers and their families for abuses in the preparation and delivery of the World Cup in Qatar, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, FairSquare and Equidem said...

Since June, with a coalition of organisations calling for remedy for migrant workers, FIFA has indicated it was committed to identifying ways to compensate migrant workers who faced death, injury and rampant wage theft, and to support an independent migrant workers’ centre as part of a legacy programme. However, on the eve of the tournament, FIFA instead announced a Legacy Fund which currently includes no provision for worker compensation. 

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has also made misleading comments that workers can access compensation through an existing mechanism in Qatar, when this mechanism is not set up to provide compensation on any meaningful scale related to deaths, injuries and historic wage theft. 

With the World Cup 2022 entering its final week, Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, FairSquare and Equidem have called on FIFA to use the legacy fund to finance compensation for workers and the families of those who have died.