Euro 2024 bidders told human rights of 'utmost importance'


UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin speaks during the 41st Ordinary UEFA Congress at the Fair Centre Messukeskus in Helsinki, Finland April 5, 2017. Lehtikuva/Markku Ulander/via REUTERS

ZURICH (Reuters) - Euro 2024 hosting candidates Germany and Turkey have been told that they must meet specific criteria for human and labour rights and anti-corruption measures for their bids to be considered.

"The protection of human rights and labour rights is of the utmost importance for UEFA," UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said in a statement published by the European soccer body.

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