Multiple human rights groups, including Amnesty International, have criticised a human rights assessment of Saudi Arabia's 2034 FIFA World Cup bid, claiming it fails to acknowledge documented abuses to workers in the country.
Amnesty International and 10 other organisations on Monday announced their concerns about the assessment, which was created by Riyadh-based law firm AS&H Clifford Chance for the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) and published by football governing body FIFA.
The groups called the assessment "flawed" and said it "contains no substantive discussion of extensive and relevant abuses in Saudi Arabia documented by multiple human rights organisations and UN bodies".
Tournament "will inevitably be tarnished by severe human rights violations" As well as labour abuses, the groups said discrimination against women and LGBTQ+ people in Saudi Arabia was not acknowledged in the Independent Context Assessment. 
"AS&H Clifford Chance agreed to a decision by FIFA and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) to effectively exclude analysis of Saudi Arabia's record on multiple critical human rights such as freedom of expression, LGBTI+ discrimination, the prohibition of trade unions, or forced evictions ? either because Saudi Arabia has not ratified the relevant treaties or because SAFF did not accept them as 'applying'," Amnesty International said.

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