owadays, so many possibilities are offered to young people looking for a job. Indeed, thousands of jobs have been created or were transformed throughout the years. Choosing one path you will follow for the rest of your life can be confusing and requires many thoughts. One of the many fields that are possible is to work in the world of laws. Several ways are available such as international law, where people work to keep peace between nations and states with several sets of rules and where human rights are a number one priority. The whole world attempts to agree to these conditions, but even if peace is not always possible between some nations, a special and specific event usually puts aside every worry. The Olympic Games. For around three weeks, it is possible to believe that the world is united and fair to one country to another. Athletes compete respectfully and no prejudice are made to other contestants. Although the Games look pretty good, the ones suffering in this equation are the population. Here is why the IOC (International Olympic Committee) is uncommitted in the fight for the Human Rights when it comes to people behind the pride and joy.
First of all, the IOC violates children’s rights and other civil liberties. For example, more than 4 120 families were forced to move out from their houses and more than 2 000 were threatened to leave during the 2016 Olympic Games and the last year 's World Cup.1 The major consequences are that children are left unable to get access to social services such as education and health care. The Declaration of Human Rights clearly states that ' ' everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be ...
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...uired documents and give them rights that government and population have to respect. The IOC should be concerned about everyone that is participating in the making of the Games because these people are one of the reasons why they are still possible.
Finally, the remaining question is if the Olympics are really beneficial for the local population who host them. It is clear that many human rights are violated and that even if the IOC told that it is involved in the fight for human rights, there is a lot of talk, but very little action. Speaking of action, back in 1967, an American organization was created and decided to fight against racism. It was called ' ' Olympic Project for Human Rights ' ' and boycotted the 1968 's Olympic Games in Mexico. Initiatives like this can have a huge impact on the way people see the Games and could lead to a reform of the Olympics.
The controversy in Berlin Olympic Games was that the some of the Jews excluded from the Olympic team were actually world class athletes. The athletes left Germany, along with other Jewish athletes, to resume their sports careers abroad.The Nazis also disqualified Gypsies.The Olympics were intended to be an exercise in goodwill among all nations emphasizing racial equality in the area of sports competition. But the Nazis thought that only the Aryans should participate in the Olympics games to represent Germany.Then after that controversy then the committee of the Games wanted to move the Olympic Games to another country.This was because usually the U.S. got the most medals because they sent the most athletes.
Since 776 BCE, the Olympics have been a way for people of different cultures to come together and compete in friendly competition. In 1892 the first modern Olympics were held in Athens, although it had been over a thousand years since the last game it still had brought together an assortment of different religions and ethnic groups together. Many factors shaping the Olympic Games reflect the changes that have taken place in our world since the last game in 393 CE in Greece such changes include woman’s suffrage, global economy, world wars, and proving competency.
The year is 1972 and people are ready for the summer Olympics. Unfortunately for the eager sports spectators the 1972 Munich Olympics have a much more tragic story line. People don’t talk about any records broken or international competitiveness, instead people remember the Munich Games because of the hostage situation. A Palestinian formed group called the Black September terrorist captured nine Israeli Olympic athletes. Jim McKay one of the Olympic sportscasters at the games says, “The Munich tragedy was the biggest event in my career and the most terrible.” Truly Munich’s is tarnishing the Olympic Games. Even today the impact and repercussions of the game can be felt not only with the heightened security protocol but a lasting social impact as well.
As the base of this essay is on how the Olympics have been used in the
When an international coalition suggested that the nations that were boycotting send athletes to go to the Olympics under a neutral Olympic banner, President Carter threatened to revoke the passport of any U.S. athlete who attempted to leave to go compete. Rea...
In the past the Olympic games were used as a way for the Greeks to honor their gods. Today the games are not an honoring but more of a social gathering. What’s great about the games today is that everyone has equal opportunity to compete. No matter your gender, size, ethnicity, or wealth, all you have to do is work hard and
The General assembly has only two options to vote, while following the rules that they were given (“Bautista” para. 3). The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has exposed and expelled any scandal that wasn't good, and got to determine the future locations of the games (“Bautista” para. 1). Over six permanent members of the organization of (IOC), was said to have committed crimes, when grant the olympics to Salt Lake City, causing permanent expulsion (“Bautista” para. 2). If they look in the tangled web of bribery within the (IOC) they will see that they throw out the old elements (“Bautista” para.5). During the 2006 winter olympics site, there was a trial basis that was held for a few months,that will also be put to test during that 2006 year olympic site (“Bautista” para. 3).
How did politics affect the Olympic Games in 1936, 1968 and 1972? In 1934, the death of President Hindenburg of Germany removed the last remaining obstacle for Adolf Hitler to assume power. Soon thereafter, he declared himself President and Fuehrer, which means “supreme leader”. That was just the beginning of what would be almost 12 years of Jewish persecution in Germany, mainly because of Hitler’s hatred towards the Jews. It is difficult to doubt that Hitler genuinely feared and hated Jews. His whole existence was driven by an obsessive loathing of them (Hart-Davis 14).
The Olympic Games are the leading worldwide sport event that held every 4 years, featuring thousands of international athletes from more than 200 nations participating in a variety of sports competitions. Although the Games are about winning the sports competitions, they also provide a platform for the nations throughout the world to learn different cultures and share uniqueness. The Games are important, and have to be held because they transmit a message of friendship and peaceful between nations.
Firstly, an atmosphere where sport activities are performed is very hostile. An instance where racial discrimination is prevalent, riots may occur during which sports such as crickets, soccer, and baseball, basketball now become less preferred due to the preference of some athletes to others as a result of their colour, culture and race. An instance of this kind of incident is the ill treatment of some players by fans racism at the Spain v. England international football match in Madrid on 17 November 2004 (Bradbury, & Williams, 2006 p.61). This shows how racial discrimination has negativity impacted on sportive activities. Many of athletes are concerned about their personal safety when registering for sportive tournaments, such as the Olympics. The safety of the spectators and the athletes is very important in different sports, if this issue is not resolved, the situation which sportive activities may soon be stagnated and even In such an atmosphere, no athlete will never participate, even thinking about registering his or her name for any sportive events.
They affect politics, money, and businesses. It is often said that sport and politics are two aspects of our society that have nothing in common. Yet the history of the Olympic movement has provided several examples of how they influence one another, directly and indirectly. An example of sports affecting political directly is after years of boycotting, the Olympics in Barcelona brought together athletes form around the world. This problem was about Nelson Mandela and the racial discrimination. The most recent incident is the Russians getting banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics. The Russian government was helping the teams cheat by providing performance enhancing drugs, then the government covering it up from them. The Olympic Committee found out and ejected them form the upcoming
One may disagree that hosting Olympics is not worthwhile as it requires a city or a country to bring out an enormous sum of money for the preparation and planning of hosting the Olympics. Zimbalist (2012, pp. 116) says that the summer Games roughly generates a total of $5-$6 billion and almost half of it belongs to the International Olympic Committee. On the other hand, the cost of the games has increased roughly
The challenge that lies ahead probably is the need to work towards indigenization of human rights, and ensure their assertion within each country's traditions and history. The 1993 Vienna Convention on Human Rights speaks on the need to consider the importance of national and regional details as well as various cultural, historical and religious backgrounds when thinking about human rights.
For the past few years there has been a very controversy issue that has been plaguing the Summer Olympics. The Summer Olympics was first held in 1896, it’s an international multi-sport where athletes around the world come to compete with other athletes from different countries. There are many events that are held in the Summer Olympics ranging from Track and Field all the way to Volleyball and Basketball. In each Olympic event there are medals that earned to the winners, the first place winners get a gold medal, the second place winners get a silver medal, and the third place winners gets a bronze medal.
The greatest athletes of all time have their names set in stone. Every year a new star comes out of the shadows and becomes the focus of global interest. Nations back their athletes financially to ensure they receive a medal. Winning gold in the Olympics Games is seen as the highest honor an athlete can achieve because of its prestigious image. The Olympics have not always been about the athletes. Nations competing have been victims of political scandals. When one country goes against another country, some people do not only view it as a fight for gold, but as a war amongst nations. Soccer fields have become battlegrounds and players, soldiers. Swimming pools turn into bloodbaths, and tennis court nets as do territorial partitions. Since the early 1900s, governments have used the Olympics to prove that their nation is superior by spending more on athletic ability, more on Olympic stadiums, and more on defeating their rivals. At times, athletes can be pushed so far that they collapse under the pressure of chasing for gold. All of the above will be discoursed from a financial, political, and historical point of view.