FairSquare

FairSquare is a London-based human rights research and advocacy organisation founded in 2018, specialising in labour rights and migration. It built its reputation documenting migrant worker deaths in Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup, producing reports that pressured both FIFA and Gulf governments toward kafala reform.

That track record gives weight to its December 2025 ethics complaint against FIFA president Gianni Infantino, which invokes provisions carrying potential bans of up to two years . The case tests whether FIFA's own governance rules can be turned against its leadership, a question that outlasts any single tournament.

For an organisation whose profile was built on documenting worker exploitation, the move into direct institutional confrontation with FIFA's presidency, and now the IOC, marks a shift from advocacy research toward adversarial governance litigation.