
Human rights in sport: interaction of international legal and сorporate standards
Author(s) -
Л. И. Захарова
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
moscow journal of international law/moskovskij žurnal meždunarodnogo prava
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0869-0049
pISSN - 2619-0893
DOI - 10.24833/0869-0049-2020-2-88-101
Subject(s) - hum , human rights , political science , humanities , theology , law , philosophy , art , performance art , art history
.Inso m eareasofi nt er n a t io n alsportsre g u la t io n,i tislexspor t i v a(forexa m ple,th ee s t abli s hm en tofr u lesforsportsco m pe t i t ions)orth ela wcrea t e dbyth eS t a t e/ States (for example, the fight against crime in sports) that plays a dominant role. In a number of areas, international sports law and lex sportiva exercise regulatory impact simultaneously. The purpose of the article is to examine how these two sets of regulations contribute to the observance of human rights in sport. The author's three goals were to analyze the process of interference of regulatory efforts based on examples of prohibiting discrimination, using lex mitior, and countering doping in sports. MA TERI ALSANDMETHODS.Ine a c hcase,th e a uth orlis t e dth eappli c ablei nt er n a t io n allegalactsa ndactsoflexspor t ivа,s tud ie dth ed o m es t ica ndforei g nd oc t ri n e,u se dth ej u rispr ud enceofth eE u ropea nCo u r tofHum a nRights(ECtHR)a ndth eCo u r tofA rbi t ra t io n forSpor t(CA S).Thea uth or ut ilise ds u c hgeneralscien t ificm e th o d sasth es u b s t ra tum(co nt en t),s t r u c tu rala ndsys temapproa c h es.Thec o m para t i v ea ndh er m eneu t icalapproa c h e ss h o u l dben a m e dasspecificscien t ificm e th o d sth a tw ereu sed. RESEARCHRESUL T S.Th author characterised the c o nt en tofth ei nt er n a t io n allegala ndcorpora t es t a nd ar d sth a th a v ebeenfor m e di nth esp h eresofpro h ibi t ingdi scr imin a t io n ,u single xm i t ior,a ndc o unt eringd opi n g . A sa result of their comparison, she comes to the following conclusions: international law and lex sportiva are unanimous in their intent to eliminate discrimination in sports; lex sportiva seeks to apply the legal standard of lex mitior; in the field of anti-doping, a number of inconsistencies have been identified between international legal and corporate standards recognized by lex sportiva. D ISCUSS IO NANDCO N CL US IO NS.Theprohibi t io nofd i s cri m i n a t io nisa nexa m pleofh ar m o niz a t io n,asa result of which the requirements of international sports law and lex sportiva complement and strengthen each other. The second case is an example of the successful reception by lex sportiva of the legal concept of lex mitior, which is well-known to national and international law. When countering doping at the present stage, it is lex sportiva that dominates, and the failure to fully comply with the requirements of "due process" and, in particular, with the presumption of innocence in respect of professional athletes is a cause of concern to the academic community and the ECtHR.