#ISLJConf24 has started T.M.C. Asser Instituut with our first panel on ‘#HumanRights: A driver for change in transnational sports governance’. Thank you to @PedroJMercadoJ, Ariel Dulitzky (UTexasLaw) and H. Burak Gemalmaz for a great set of papers and Daniela Heerdt for thoughtful moderation!

Finally, the first day of #ISLJConf24 concludes with a digital keynote lecture by @JulesBoykoff on: 'The #Olympics in Crisis: Challenges, Reforms, and the Path Forward'. #Olympics #CelebrationCapitalism #PowerGames #NoOlympics

@JulesBoykoff A very emotional start to the second day of #ISLJConf24 as Khalida Popal shares with us her journey with the ‘sisterhood’ of football in Afghanistan. Her lawyer (Brendan Schwab) will then present to us the case for #FIFA to recognize the Afghan Women’s national team in exile.

The latest issue of International Sports Law Journal is now available. Issue 2024 (2) has 7 articles from last year's annual conference, with 4 of them open access. Take a look at the fantastic range of articles here: link.springer.com/journal/40318/… #sportslaw

Glad to have chaired a panel on athletes' right to remedy at the #GSHRRN Conf & present on the role of #public institutions in #SportGovernance at the International Sports Law Journal #ISLJConf24 at T.M.C. Asser Instituut! Asser International Sports Law Centre Mark James Antoine Duval Faculty of Law Centre for Sport & Human Rights #SportsLaw

Latest open access article on International Sports Law Journal by Sarah Carrick: A two-pronged approach: utilising sports governing bodies’ statutes and equal treatment legislation to achieve equality of treatment in women’s football at link.springer.com/article/10.100… #sportslaw

🏆 New issue of the #ISLJ is out! Featuring 8 articles (4 #openaccess) on topics like Olympic Law ahead of Paris 2024, women’s athletics eligibility, doping data & privacy, and challenges in #sports neutrality. 🔗 Read here: link.springer.com/journal/40318/… Mark James

Join us on Wednesday (16:00-18:00 CET) for an exciting #ZoomIN webinar on the aftermath of the #Diarra judgement. Marjolaine Viret, PhD will moderate a discussion (followed by a Q&A) between Stefan Szymanski & myself. Free registration at asser.nl/education-even… #Sportslaw #EUlaw #CJEU #RSTP

Another interesting piece from our December issue Space invaders: dominant and emergent regulatory actors in the case of World Aquatics and the International Swimming League link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Very proud to be supporting with Asser International Sports Law Centre the first ever conference (organised by Gujarat National Law University/GCSEL) focused on 'Transnational #SportsLaw from the periphery'. Spread the words & send your abstracts by 15 February! #LexSportiva #TransnationalLaw #TWAIL #GlobalSouth

New article in International Sports Law Journal @julesboykoff: "The Olympics in crisis: challenges, reforms, and the path forward" was the keynote lecture at our annual conference last year & explores the crises facing the Olympics. Available at: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New #sportslaw article on International Sports Law Journal: A systematic literature review of esports integrity, by Erika Riedl & Pim Verschuuren: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New #sportslaw article on International Sports Law Journal: Sports governing body responses to coach-athlete violence in Finland and the UK, by Antti Aine, Eleanor Drywood & Jatta Muhonen: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

The International Sports Law Journal is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year. The new issue is available here: link.springer.com/journal/40318/… with a brief history of the ISLJ here: link.springer.com/article/10.100… The ISLJ archive of volumes 2-12 is here: asser.nl/sportslaw/publ… #sportslaw

Call for Papers for the International Sports Law Journal Conference 2025. The Conference will review the first 25 years of the WADA Code & look to where it may go next. More details available here: asser.nl/SportsLaw/Blog… Hope to see you in The Hague on 6 & 7 November #sportslaw

#Sportslaw Call for Papers! Long-term contracts in sport: The private foundations of #Sportslaw & governance Conference organised by Yuliya Chernykh in Lillehammer on 4-5 December. Deadline for abstracts: 15 June. More info at inn.no/english/events…

#Sportslaw Mega-Breaking! #Semenya ruling of the Grand Chamber of the #ECtHR to be released on 10 July. This will be a fork-in-the-road decision for the future place of #HumanRights (and the #ECHR in particular) in transnational sports governance. #Intersex #WorldAthletics

#Semenya Thread! It took me a while to digest the judgement, but here are some takeaways. Nutshell: Unlike other commentators, I think the #GrandChamber judgement can be more transformative for transnational sports governance than the Chamber's ruling. #Sportslaw #ECHR #ECtHR

📚 New #OpenAccess article in International Sports Law Journal about #HumanRight to #Sports - both as a freestanding right with a dignitarian basis & a derived from other human rights! Mark James T.M.C. Asser Instituut Springer Nature Faculty of Law The Olympic Games sportanddev 📌 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

#Sportslaw Event! On 6-7 November T.M.C. Asser Instituut will host the 2025 edition of the International Sports Law Journal Conference. It will be focused on 20 years of the World Anti–Doping Code in Action. Early bird registration until tomorrow! More info at asser.nl/education-even… #WADA #WADC #Doping