Discrimination and Sport

The safeguarding of LGBTI+ communities in sports was highlighted in one submission (UNESCO Chair ITT). The submission suggested that oversight of abuse and exploitation of these communities (along with other minority groups) is not clear, with the possibility of significant underreporting, and reporting “dependent on the resilience…of victims”, which runs the risk of “retraumatizing”. The UNESCO Chair ITT recommended consideration of this issue in the DCEDIY SoS, with potential for engagement with this, among other issues, via the mobilisation of the Public Sector Duty. This would help “support and build the capacity of rights-holders to advance their access to rights in and through sport, in particular groups facing barriers to participation,” which include LGBTI+ communities.