The executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved a strategic framework on human rights. The framework aims to shape the working practices of the IOC, the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement, ensuring that human rights are upheld within their respective remits.
The framework builds on the recommendations produced in March 2020 by Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, former United Nations (UN) high commissioner for human rights, and Rachel Davis, vice president and co-founder of Shift, the center of expertise on the UN’s guiding principles on business and human rights (UNGPs). As part of the new framework, the IOC also aims to drive human rights best practices in the selection of future Olympic Games hosts and in the organization and delivery of the Olympic Games.
