Governance and accountability

Courts, policies and oversight: how sport’s institutions are held to account, with the rulings and reports behind it. This section holds 4 reference articles. Each one states its question, gives the answer in plain language, lists the key facts and cites the documents it relies on. The desk reviews the section as a whole and marks the review date on every page.

The Centre for Sport and Human Rights: What It Is and the Sporting Chance Principles: The Centre for Sport and Human Rights explained: how the Geneva organisation launched in 2018 is structured and what its ten Sporting Chance Principles say.

FIFA's Human Rights Policy and the 2016 Ruggie Report: What Each Document Says: FIFA's human rights policy and the 2016 Ruggie report explained: the 25 recommendations, Article 3 of the FIFA Statutes and the four-pillar policy of May 2017.

How the Court of Arbitration for Sport Works: ICAS, the CAS Code and Ad Hoc Divisions: How the Court of Arbitration for Sport works: the role of ICAS, the Code of Sports-related Arbitration, panels, ad hoc divisions and appeal to the Swiss courts.

Mutu and Pechstein v. Switzerland: What the European Court of Human Rights Decided: Mutu and Pechstein v. Switzerland explained: the 2 October 2018 ECtHR judgment on CAS independence, public hearings and compulsory arbitration under Article 6.