The First Annual International Sports Law Journal conference
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EDITORIAL
The First Annual International Sports Law Journal conference Johan Lindholm1 Published online: 13 August 2018 T.M.C. Asser Instituut 2018
The journal’s mission is to promote international sports law, a mission that it primarily fulfills by reviewing and disseminating original articles relating to legal aspects of sport and of interest to our global readership. However, international sports law also benefits greatly from sports law researchers and practitioners from around the world meeting to present and discuss high-quality papers. In the spring of 2017, the Editorial Board of the International Sports Law Journal and the Asser International Sports Centre saw a perceived need for an international sports law conference and judging by the overwhelming response to our call for papers, it seems clear that we were correct. The great interest in participating unfortunately meant that we had to make some very difficult decisions and reject some great papers. However, it allowed us to put together excellent panels on six topical, core issues of international sports: • • • • • •
The FIFA Transfer System Labor Rights and Relations in Sports Protecting Human Rights in Sports The European Union and Sports Governance Arbitration in International Sports The Operation of the World Anti-Doping System
Close to a hundred individuals from 37 different countries attended the conference which took place on 26–27 October 2017 at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut in The Hague. Besides panel presentations and discussions, the audience was treated to an outstanding set of keynote speakers. Miguel Maduro, the former Chair of the FIFA Governance Committee, identified the resistance to public scrutiny, accountability, and transparency as root causes of the governance crisis currently faced by FIFA and suggested that an independent international agency be established to supervise the governance of international sports governing bodies. In discussion with Sean Cottrell from LawInSport, & Johan Lindholm [email protected] 1
Department of Law, Umea˚ University, 901 87 Umea˚, Sweden
Michael Beloff, QC, reflected on the development of sport during his exceptional career as a sports lawyer and broad range of current themes in sports law. Stephen Weatherill, Professor of European Law at University of Oxford, examined the conditional autonomy enjoyed by international sports governing bodies under EU law, discussing what he called the ‘‘sporting margin of appreciation’’. Finally, Richard McLaren, Professor of Law at Western University and the former head of WADA’s investigation into the Russian doping scandal, spoke about challenges to the operation of the world anti-doping system. This issue of the International Sports Law Journal includes a selection of the papers presented at the conference for the benefit of all those who were not able to attend the event, showcasing the breadth of the conference. The program for the Second Annual International Sports Law Journal Conference, which will take place on 25–26 October 2018 in The Hague, has
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