Amnesty International calls for exemplary measures before the act of Rubiales

2023-08-24 10:44:25
The player of the Spanish soccer team, Jennifer Hermoso. Gtres.

After the statements of the player of the Spanish women’s soccer team and world champion Jennifer Beautifulthrough his FutPro unionAmnesty International wants to show its support for the demands of the footballer, who has demanded that the Royal Spanish Football Federation implement “exemplary measures”, in relation to the non-consensual kiss by the president of the Federation, Luis Rubialesduring the celebration of the victory in the World Cup.

Amnesty International stresses that this behavior is a form of sexual violence which, like any other, cannot be justified in any way. “Luis Rubiales’ action is sexual violence in the workplace and by a hierarchical superior. The RFEF must take urgent measures, properly investigating what happened, focusing on the protection of the player and complying with its action protocol against sexual violencesaid the organization’s spokesman, Carlos de las Heras.

This protocol establishes among its commitments to “put all the means at its disposal to resolve, as quickly and efficiently as possible, the requests for help presented”, something that coincides with the claim of Hermoso and the Futpro union, in addition to “ensuring that all disciplinary procedures and appeals processes are in place to correctly manage any possible case of non-compliance with the codes of good practice”.

If not, Amnesty International calls on the Superior Sports Council (CSD) to adopt measures to ensure a zero tolerance policy for sexual violence in sport, and joins FutPro’s request that the CSD “support and actively promote prevention and intervention in the face of sexual violence in any of its forms, machismo and sexism”.