World cup

  • 2010 BCE

    2010 Election

    Qatar was chosen as host at the same time as Russia, the first time that two were announced at the same time. He is accused of corruption along with Russia because the name of Qatar came out of an envelope Blatter had in his hand and the FBI investigated the event (Moñino, 2022).
  • 2011 UN protects the rights of workers

    FIFA has to adhere to the new care and checks that the rights of workers are respected, with which Qatar would soon have controversy (Schwab, n.d.).
  • 2014 Statements

    DLA Piper said the government has not respected the conditions and has not admitted how many migrant workers are killed or injured on the job. (Gibson, 2016).
  • 2015 Testimonials

    A worker came out and said that he felt he was in a "prison and from the heat" the manager just replied that "If you want to complain you can, but there will be consequences. If you want to stay in Qatar, keep quiet and keep working" and so the nightmare job continued (Gibson, 2016).
  • 2015 Preview of the condition

    The Building and Wood Workers International filed a complaint against FIFA complaining that it was clear that the level of construction for the 2022 FIFA World Cup would increase the number of migrant workers in Qatar and increase human rights violations in discrimination, wages, conditions, injuries, freedoms and deaths (Schwab, n.d.).
  • 2015 Change of season

    It was decided to move the tournament to December and November instead of summer due to the extreme temperatures in Qatar and this caused other tournaments to move their dates (Moñino, 2022).
  • 2018 UN called

    According to Schwab, (n.d.) the UN called on "relevant entities involved in the realization of mega sporting events to respect applicable laws and international principles, including the (UNGP) 'Protect, Respect and Remedy' Framework".
  • 2021 Investigation about deaths

    Amnesty International accused Qatar of not investigating the deaths of its workers, which according to the Guardian numbered 6,500 deaths in the construction of the stadiums (Moñino, 2022).
  • 2022 Distances and rights

    According to Moñino (2022), the eight stadiums are 50 km apart. Public displays of same-gender love are penalized. You cannot have sex without being married. Natives treat foreigners badly.