Sports in the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights

Sport has been an object of interest of international law on several occasions. It has also been a point of interest of regional human rights protection, for example within the legal system of Council of Europe. Recently, the European Court of Human Rights has developed its case-law concerning sport...

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Autor: Czepek, Jakub
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina (UNOESC)
Repositorio:Revista Espaço Jurídico/Espaço Jurídico Journal of Law
Idioma:inglés
portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.unoesc.edu.br:article/20212
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unoesc.edu.br/espacojuridico/article/view/20212
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:European Court of Human Rights
European Convention on Human Rights
Professional sport
Right to protection of private and family life
Court of Arbitration for Sport
Esporte profissional
Convenção Europeia dos Direitos do Homem
Tribunal Europeu de Direitos Humanos
Tribunal de Arbitragem do Esporte
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Sumario:Sport has been an object of interest of international law on several occasions. It has also been a point of interest of regional human rights protection, for example within the legal system of Council of Europe. Recently, the European Court of Human Rights has developed its case-law concerning sport-related issues, such as football supporters related violence and prevention of events of hooliganism, anti-doping related issues or fairness of proceedings before The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne or the protection of professional athletes’ rights in the context of anti-doping requirements. The article focuses on the ECtHR case-law relating to sport within the meaning of the  right to life (art. 2 of the ECHR), prohibition of torture of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (art. 3 of the ECHR), right to liberty and security (art.5 of the ECHR), right to a fair trial (art.6 of the ECHR) or right to protection of private and family life (art.8 of the ECHR).