Human Rights in the Sports Arena: A Standard for Change Starting in Gwangju
Lee Je Hun [Director, Korea Sport Ethics Center Gwangju Regional Office]
Sport has long been regarded as a field that symbolizes the values of fairness, respect, and human rights. Through sport, we have learned about community and imagined a better society. Today, however, we face a fundamental question: Is sport truly a human rights space?
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A human rights city is not built only in its streets and public squares. It must also be built on stadiums and fields, in gymnasiums and training facilities, as well as within local sports communities.
We have long said that sport can change the world. Now is the time to prove those words through policy and institutions.
Change in sport is not a choice, but a responsibility. And that responsibility begins with us now.
Human Rights in the Sports Arena: A Standard for Change Starting in Gwangju
Lee Je Hun [Director, Korea Sport Ethics Center Gwangju Regional Office]
Sport has long been regarded as a field that symbolizes the values of fairness, respect, and human rights. Through sport, we have learned about community and imagined a better society. Today, however, we face a fundamental question: Is sport truly a human rights space?
.
.
.
A human rights city is not built only in its streets and public squares. It must also be built on stadiums and fields, in gymnasiums and training facilities, as well as within local sports communities.
We have long said that sport can change the world. Now is the time to prove those words through policy and institutions.
Change in sport is not a choice, but a responsibility. And that responsibility begins with us now.