国际足联关于人权捍卫者和媒体代表的声明

A.Purpose and application of statement 1.This statement on human rights defenders1and media representatives2elaborates onparagraph 11 of FIFA’s Human RightsPolicy.3 2.The present statement shall serve as a standard of conduct for FIFA and its bodies andofficials, and reflects FIFA’s expectations of third parties when they engage in activities linkedto FIFA’s operations.4Such third parties include entities tasked with organising FIFAcompetitions, host states of FIFA events, FIFA’s commercial affiliates, service providers andsuppliers, broadcasters, FIFA subsidiaries, confederations and FIFA member associations. 3.The statement should be read,interpreted and applied to accordance with FIFA’sresponsibilities under the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights(UNGPs)5and consistent with the spirit and intent of the UN Declaration on Human RightsDefenders.6 B.The vital work of human rights defenders and media representatives,and the risks and challenges they face 4.Human rights defenders and media representatives contribute to the respect, protectionand fulfilment of human rights as well as to the protection of the rule of law in vital ways.They bring to light adverse impacts on people’s rights that would otherwiseremain hiddenand they contribute to efforts to address such impacts. Human rights defenders and mediarepresentatives are increasingly subject to legislative, judicial and administrative restrictionswhen performing their work and face risks to their ownhuman rights. As commented by theUnited Nations’ Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, all too often, they are subject toharassment, delegitimization campaigns, threats, unlawful surveillance, censorship, andsometimes arbitrary detention, and risk to their lives.7Human rights defenders oftenperform their functions within civil society organizations that play a critical role inimplementing a wide range of human rights. The freedom of those organizations to pursuetheir objectives is inseparable from that of individual human rights defenders. 5.FIFA acknowledges that human rights defenders and media representatives play animportant role, including in supporting the organisations’ efforts to implement its human rights responsibilities and commitments. They bring to FIFA’s attention specific human rightsrisks, which helps FIFA to better understand its potential or actual impact on people. Theyact as legitimate representatives of people affected and support FIFA’s own efforts toaddress specific situations. Furthermore, they are an additional source of scrutiny on thirdparties, including governments, business and other actors, whose actions may have anadverse impact on human rights and be related to FIFA’s activities. C. Policy framework and overall commitments 6.FIFA’s applicable policy framework is based on the recognition of the important work ofhuman rights defenders and media representatives and on FIFA’s responsibility to respectthe rights of everyone affected by its activities in accordance with the UNGPs.FIFA highlightsthe importance of respecting and protecting the rights of human rights defenders andmedia representatives in its Human Rights Policy. Under paragraph 11 of FIFA’s HumanRights Policy, adopted by the FIFA Council in May 2017, “FIFA helps protect those who advocate respect for human rights associated with itsactivities...[and] will respect and not interfere with the work of both human rights defenderswho voice concerns about adverse human rights impacts relating to FIFAand mediarepresentatives covering FIFA’s events and activities. Where the freedoms of human rightsdefenders and media representatives are at risk, FIFA will take adequate measures for theirprotection including by using its leverage with the relevant authorities.” 7.In accordance with UNGPs, the scope of FIFA’s responsibility to respect and help protect therights of human rights defenders and media representatives includes situations where FIFAmay itself cause or contribute to a potential or actual adverse impact through its ownactivities and where a potential or actual adverse impact is directly linked to FIFA’s activitiesthrough its business relationships with third parties. 8.FIFA works, as a matter of priority, to take measures to avoid causing or contributing toadverse human rights impacts on human rights defenders and media representativesthrough its own activities. This also involves putting in place adequate measures toavoidany contribution to adverse impacts caused by third parties FIFA has relationships with. 9.FIFA is also committed to preventing and mitigating adverse human rights impacts that maybe directly linked to FIFA’s activities through its relationships with third parties, even if it hasnot contributed to those impacts. In these instances, FIFA will,in accordance with theUNGPs and FIFA’s Human Rights Policy, make reasonable efforts to use its leverage withthird parties, including with the relevant government, business and oth