Stakeholders expressed fear that the money and
financial benefit generated from a tournament held
on Māori land would flow overseas and tangata
whenua would be left further disadvantaged.
Stakeholders suggested for example that a mutually
beneficial solution would see a portion of the funds
raised being invested into the development of
Māori football.
•
Lack of access to volunteering
opportunities (that include cost recovery
for participation costs such as travel,
accommodation, meals etc) and paid
employment opportunities.
•
Lack of engagement with people and
organisations with lived experience of
disability in the planning process.
Bringing tangata whenua in too late into the
process is a significant risk that stakeholders often
see. If major decisions are made before tangata
whenua are brought into the process, the likelihood
of the above-mentioned risks occurring increases
tremendously.
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Inaccessible access to mechanisms for
raising grievances or complaints.
•
Inadequate accessible transport from
home to stadium or Fanfest zones.
(d) Risks for children and young adults
(c) Accessibility risks
Children and young people are particularly
vulnerable to having their human rights
compromised.
Accessibility for all, including disabled people
or people with limited mobility is a key risk. This
includes the accessibility of infrastructure and
services at the tournament-related stadiums
and other sites, as well as transport, tourism
infrastructure and the public buildings and other
spaces in the host country. The following risks
were raised by stakeholders:
•
Lack of accessible communications about
the tournament, including easy read
materials, signing and captioning.
•
Inequitable access to ticketing, particularly
where this is managed by third-party
providers, lack of access to pre-sale or
specially priced ticketing (noting that
disabled people are likely to have lower
incomes and therefore do not have
equitable access to premium tickets).
Extensive research and work at the state and
national levels in Australia in recent years, including
the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses
to Child Sexual Abuse70 (Royal Commission), has
shone a spotlight on the vulnerabilities of children
in institutional settings, including sports, to serious
human rights violations. This is particularly the case
where there is a power imbalance between adults
and children, or children are isolated from others
and with an adult alone or there is inadequate adult
supervision.
Much work has been undertaken in response to the
findings of the Royal Commission, and more still
remains to be done. The following initiatives are of
particular importance:
•
Inequitable allocation of accessible seating
within stadiums. Inequality and lack of
choice, including sub-optimal seating
allocations that impact line of sight.
•
No appropriate access to venues and
seating including for the ‘last mile’ and lack
of suitable facilities such as bathrooms
and catering.
•
Lack of options for attendance by people
with auditory sensitivities.
•
the development by the AHRC of the
National Principles for Child Safe
Organisations71 (National Principles) and
the suite of tools and resources developed
to support the principles72
•
the work of Sport Integrity Australia with
respect to child safeguarding73
•
the ‘Keeping our Kids Safe’ resources74
developed to provide a cultural safety lens
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Children in addition to the National
Principles
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