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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) demanded on Wednesday 26 January that respect for certain ” fundamental standards “become a” prerequisite to the designation of host countries for international football competitions, denouncing the “ thousands of workplace accidents observed in Qatar in the preparation for the 2022 World Cup. In a series of resolutions, the Assembly calls on FIFA and UEFA to ” review the conditions that candidate countries for the organization of major football events must respect “and to plan” predetermined minimum criteria “concerning in particular” workers’ rights, equality between women and men, or the protection of underage athletes “. Thereby, ” compliance with fundamental ILO standards (International Labor Organization, editor’s note) should be a prerequisite and not a goal to be achieved following being named host country of the World Cup », demands the PACE, in view of the « thousands of work accidents, including fatal ones” observed “in Qatar since the country was designated to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup ».
