Possible points for allowing countries with poor human rights records to host sporting events.
- consider why certain countries are deemed to violate human rights
- evaluate the importance of hosting international sporting events in a range of countries
- make a judgement, based on consideration of the evidence and argument put forward about allowing countries with poor human rights records to host sporting events.
- hosting these events being profitable and creating employment for all kinds of people
- the possible endorsement of morally questionable actions by nations and governing bodies
- those countries which feel their status is reflected in sporting achievement
- events being unjustifiable when citizens lack rights or live in extreme poverty
- there being a strong case for excluding countries which tolerate forms of cheating
- those countries which make positive changes in order to be internationally acceptable
- contact with sportspeople and spectators having a positive impact on the home population
- human rights being a contestable issue for a variety of social and cultural reasons.
