Mali: Girls’ Coach Gets Life Ban for Sex Abuse

World Players welcomes the formal establishment of the Centre for Sport & Human Rights: work to meaningfully address global sport’s human rights crisis is just beginning

The Centre for Sport & Human Rights (CSHR) was formally established today as an independent non-profit organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland. It has also appointed a diverse nine-person board of outstanding individuals to oversee its work including former UNI Global Union General Secretary, Philip Jennings and past World Players Association Executive Director, Walter Palmer.

Mali: Inquiry Links Basketball Federation to Sexual Abuse

The International Basketball Federation’s (FIBA)  report on systemic sexual harassment and abuse within the Mali Basketball Federation (FMBB) vindicates the victims of abuse,  survivors, whistleblowers, and  activists who took enormous risks to bring this abuse to light, the Sport & Rights Alliance said today.

FIBA statement regarding allegations of systemic sexual harassment within the Mali Basketball Federation

FIBA has received since June 10 through the New York Times and Human Rights Watch several allegations about systemic sexual harassment within the Mali Basketball Federation.