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Human Rights Violations Hanging Over the FIFA World Cup 2022

Human Rights Violations Hanging Over the FIFA World Cup 2022
The Official Emblem of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™️ is unveiled in Souq Waqif on the Msheireb, Qatar National Archive Museum building, in Doha, Qatar, on Sept. 3, 2019. Christopher Pike/Getty Images for Supreme Committee 2022
Gabriël Moens
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The FIFA World Cup is finally underway in Qatar. Ever since this quadrennial feast of football was allocated there in 2010, the World Cup, often regarded as the most important and prestigious tournament in the world, has been overshadowed by persistent attacks on the human rights record of the host nation.

Gabriël Moens
Gabriël Moens
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Gabriël A. Moens AM is an emeritus professor of law at the University of Queensland, and served as pro vice-chancellor and dean at Murdoch University. In 2003, Moens was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal by the prime minister for services to education. He has taught extensively across Australia, Asia, Europe, and the United States.
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