The bad behavior of Luis Rubiales after the final of the women's World Cup has crossed borders. First, the foreign media echoed it, then FIFA intervened and in the last few hours various UN representatives have spoken out firmly against the federal president.
"Women in sport continue to face sexual harassment and abuse. We all have a responsibility to denounce and confront these abuses," explained the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, in addition to showing his support for Jenni Hermoso and hope that the mobilization in favor of the Madrid player represents a "turning point".
"We join the Spanish Jenni Hermoso and all those who work to end abuse and sexism in sport," the head of the world organization insisted in his message, which ended his message, published on the human rights account. of the UN, with the hashtag
Turk was not the only representative of the United Nations who expressed his opinion on the matter, since hours before the spokesman for the General Secretariat of the organization based in New York, Stéphane Dujarric, pointed out at a press conference that "there are no indications that the kiss is consensual", as Rubiales did defend, adding that therefore we would be talking about a "criminal term".
"How hard is it not to kiss someone on the lips? There is a critical problem of sexism that continues to exist in sport and I hope that the authorities and the Spanish Government address it in a way that respects the rights of all women athletes" Dujarric claimed.
Turk and Dujarric's assessments come three days after UN Women condemned Rubiales' "totally unacceptable offensive comments and behaviors" in a statement, in addition to calling for "zero tolerance" in situations of this nature and claiming that "the women are breaking barriers in sport.
