International Treaty of Sport
Jan 15 2011 | 1:14 PM
International Treaty of Sport
by
TA Bhuvanendra
Sports Scientist,
Director – CECUAD,
108, Walukarama Road,
Colombo – 03,
Sri Lanka.
E-mail: ta_bhuvanendra@yahoo.co.uk
E-mail: ta_bhuvanendra@yahoo.co.uk
• “In our time and age, the milieu of sport is rapidly evolving as never before and this process has created not only new vistas for the better but also new challenges in the socio economic, cultural and legal spheres which were not considered central to the sport interaction hitherto. The new spectrum projects an unfamiliar contour of sport with added constituencies. As such, there is a growing demand for vital information in respect of the neglected areas and newly evolved constituencies. As a welcome herald, it has become the vocation of researchers in sport science to render new interpretation to existing expertise and also propound new knowledge by inter-disciplinary academic investigation.
• In that light, the intended presentation, which is developed from the paper presented by the writer in the Sports For All Conference, seeks to stimulate debate and research for the creation of an International Treaty to ensure and promote human rights and duties for the practitioners of sport. The premise of this monograph is to instruct the importance of a legal arrangement or a regime, a Modus Vivendi, and to sketch its parameters for the uniform application of rules and regulations to promote, regulate and control sports interaction globally, as human rights is all about empowerment and emancipation.
• It has long been the constant refrain of the IOC that the NOCs must cultivate so that they could construct a cordial relationship with their respective governments to promote the Olympic ideals. But the situation remains much to be desired. In reality, Nation States considered it imperative that any vital area relevant to the population should come within the purview of the State, whereas, the sports entity spurred by the spirit of Olympism sought to be independent and autonomous. Hence, the collision course. Consequently, the International Sports Law mainly propounded and developed by the Olympic Movement has been stymied. The need of the hour is some semblance of symbiosis.
• However, the International Sports Law constructed by bits and pieces and by dribs and drabs to suit specific occasions has developed overtime and it is improving slowly but steadily. The evolutionary trends signify the authority of the sports community over the athletes and athletic activities, thus creating mechanisms for the management and dispute resolution. It is timely to develop and refine the dormant constituency of sport – international sports law.
• In the aftermath of the UN General Assembly Resolution which conferred observer status on the IOC, it is the understanding of the Presenter that more co-operation and synergy could be expected between the apex bodies for the development, refinement and the standardization of the International Sports Law, which is very rich in essence and resonance.
• Though far be it from the presenter to proffer counsel to the apex bodies, this exercise is understandably actuated by his enthusiasm towards the UN system and the Olympic Movement. Last, but by no means least, the observations are those of the writer and in no way purport to be the official positions of organizations, research institutions and universities with which the writer has ad hoc working arrangements”.
CONTENTS
1. SPORT
2. HUMAN RIGHTS
3. OLYMPISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
4. HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE UN SYSTEM
5. SPORTS LAW
6. DUTIES IN THE DOMAIN OF SPORT
7. THE WORLD OF SPORT AND POLITICS
8. SPECIAL RAPPPORTEUR FOR SPORT
9. CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UN SYSTEM
(A) INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SPORTS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN 2005
(B) INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AGAINST DOPING IN SPORTS IN 2007
(C) OBESERVER STATUS FOR THE IOC IN THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2009
10. INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON SPORT
