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Bangkok – The United Through Sports (UTS) World Youth Festival 2022 was activated this year with 5 virtual competitions. Last year, in the midst of the pandemic the World Youth Festival took place virtually. There was an unexpected and overwhelming number of people that joined. The festival had over 50,000 youth joining from across 126 countries. At the core, the festival built upon the four pillars of UTS, inclusion, equality, non-discrimination, and promotion of peace by inviting youth with and without disabilities, youth from challenged backgrounds, and those from diverse cultures and religions. At the center, the festival encouraged all youth …

World Martial Arts Masterships Committee (WMC) is proud to announce the hosting of the 7th WMC General Meeting on October 21, 2022.  The 7th WMC General Meeting will be held in a hybrid format, and we seek to disseminate & develop world martial arts to foster friendships with International Federations (IFs), National Federations (NFs), International Organizations and the global community through martial arts. Overview: The 7th WMC General Meeting  Date: October 21, 2022  Time: 16:00 – 18:00 Venue: UNESCO ICM Chungju City, Chungcheongbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea Program:  The 6th WMC General Meeting Minute (Summary) Partial Amendment of the Articles …

Bangkok – Srinakharinwirot University and United Through Sports have joined hands for and with the youth of the world to host the 5th edition of the UTS World Youth Festival on the grounds of Srinakharinwirot University, downtown Bangkok. Srinakharinwirot University is famed as one of Asia’s leading universities, with a long tradition for vast educational growth and sports. The UTS World Youth Festival promotes inclusion, equality, and non-discrimination, with a united stance of the youth towards a better tomorrow. This festival is a unique annual event that unites youth of all abilities through sports. The UTS World Youth Festival is …

The Centre for Sport and Human Rights welcomes the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Executive Board approval of their Strategic Framework on Human Rights made on Friday, 9 September, 2022. This framework was developed in response to Recommendation 13 of the Olympic Agenda 2020+5 and will shape the working practices of the IOC, the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement, ensuring that human rights are respected within their respective remits. The process leading to this approval began in 2020, when the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein and Shift’s Rachel Davis published recommendations which the IOC then …

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today that applications are now open for the sixth generation of the IOC Young Leaders programme, supported by Worldwide Olympic Partner Panasonic. The programme aims to support young people in the development and implementation of social projects that use sport to solve issues in their communities. Any young person aiming to leverage the power of sport to make a positive difference in their community can apply until 20 October 2022 and register for the compulsory initial four-week Learning Sprint as the first step in the application process. Once this step is completed, and based on the project …