“The sport must reject the perception that everything is normal,” they stated in a joint statement.
They added that “sports entities must not close their eyes in front of serious human rights violations, especially when their platforms are used to normalize injustices.”
“States in which seats of international organizations are located, as are those in which competitions are held, and those participating in sports events with Israel, must not remain neutral to genocide,” UN said.
Experts reminded that the UN investigative commission in the occupied Palestinian territories concluded that Israel conducted genocide in Gaza, while the International Court of Justice in Decision from 2024. emphasized that all states have a legal obligation to act against this difficult crime.
“National national teams representing states that make up massive human rights violations can and should be suspended, as it was in the past,” they added.
In addition to the Italian lawyer, Albanese, the statement also signed the UN Culture Rapporteur of Alexandra Xanthaki and KP Ashwini KPsanophobia, which in the past two years have critically monitored by Israel’s actions in Gaza.
UEFA and FIFA has not yet advertised on this request.
(Vijesti.ba / Fena)
