(New York) – The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) failure to carry out its due diligence commitments for the 2022 Beijing Games is a missed opportunity to promote human rights in China, Human Rights Watch said today. Thus far, the IOC has given no indication that it has conducted or plans to publish a human rights risk assessment.

Human Rights Watch had urged the IOC to undertake this review by February 4, 2021, one year before the 2022 Games are scheduled to open.

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