FIFA Peace Prize
Inaugural FIFA award given to Donald Trump at the December 2025 draw; subject of an Article 15 ethics complaint against Infantino.
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Will FIFA's ethics committee act on the Peace Prize complaint before or after the tournament ends?
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awarded to Donald Trump by Infantino at the December 2025 World Cup draw
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2026 FIFA World Cup- What is the FIFA Peace Prize and why is it controversial?
- The FIFA Peace Prize was created by FIFA and awarded to Donald Trump at the December 2025 World Cup draw. Critics argue it breached Article 15 of FIFA's Code of Ethics, which requires political neutrality, by honouring a sitting US president whose country is co-hosting the tournament.Source: event
- Who filed an ethics complaint against Infantino over the FIFA Peace Prize?
- Human-rights group FairSquare filed the complaint with FIFA's Ethics Committee on 8 December 2025, arguing the award breached Article 15 of the Code of Ethics.Source: event
- Why did Norway back the FIFA ethics complaint?
- Norwegian Football Federation president Lise Klaveness backed the FairSquare complaint in June 2026, becoming the first federation head to do so, arguing Infantino's award of a political prize breached FIFA's duty of neutrality.Source: event
Background
The FIFA Peace Prize is an award created by FIFA president Gianni Infantino and awarded for the first and only time to Donald Trump at the December 2025 World Cup draw. Human-rights group FairSquare filed a complaint with FIFA's Ethics Committee on 8 December 2025, arguing that the award breached Article 15 of FIFA's Code of Ethics — the duty of political neutrality — by honouring a sitting US president as host-nation co-organiser.
The award was documented by Human Rights Watch in its host-city audit and drew immediate criticism from football governance reformers. By June 2026, six months after filing, FIFA's ethics committee had not publicly acted on the complaint. The Norwegian Football Federation, led by president Lise Klaveness, became the first of FIFA's 211 member federations to formally back the complaint, sending a letter of support to the Ethics Committee on or before 2 June 2026.
FairSquare plans a broader "Reboot FIFA" campaign to resubmit the complaint after the tournament, seeking mass signatories. The prize and the complaint against it have become a recurring reference point in pre-tournament coverage questioning FIFA governance standards.