Eleven organisations - human rights groups, football supporters and worker organisations - have written to global law firm Clifford Chance over concerns AS&H Clifford Chance, which is based in Riyadh, has conducted and produced a "shockingly poor" human rights risk assessment published by FIFA and expected to provide the basis for awarding the hosting and staging of the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia.

In November 2024, Human Rights Watch released a report alleging Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has benefited from and facilitated human rights abuses. The report found the PIF is controlled predominantly by the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who uses the economic power of the PIF to whitewash government abuses, instead of using the sovereign wealth fund for the benefit of the Saudi people.

In a landmark case, Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) has filed a complaint against Saudi Arabia under Article 24 of the ILO constitution, amid widespread human rights violations against migrant workers in the country. In this case, the complaint focuses on Saudi Arabia's failure to observe ILO conventions on forced labour, which the country has ratified.