14 Jun 2017

FIFA shares Human Rights Watch's (HRW) objective to ensure decent working conditions on FIFA World Cup stadium construction sites...In particular, FIFA has put in place a pioneer monitoring system, to identify issues and take concrete measures to address them...the overall message of exploitation on the construction sites portrayed by HRW does not correspond with FIFA's assessment, which is based on the quarterly inspections conducted by independent experts and trade union representatives. As part of the monitoring system, representatives of...the Klinsky Institute of Labour Protection and Working Conditions, carry out two-day inspections on a quarterly basis on all 2018 FIFA World Cup stadium construction sites... On average, the inspections covered 75 percent of the workforce employed on the construction sites at the time of the visits...Based on the detailed results of consecutive inspections, there is clear evidence that the monitoring system is helping to improve labour standards. The number of issues found by the experts of the Klinsky Institute has been reduced by 72 percent since the start of the monitoring system in April 2016...For more information on the FIFA-LOC Decent Work Monitoring System, please refer to the letter of 8 June 2017 that FIFA sent to HRW in response to their questions...