Posts tagged IOC
Is the International Olympic Committee Failing Olympic Athletes Worldwide?
Is the International Olympic Committee Failing Olympic Athletes Worldwide?

By: Andrew Kemmer.

The Olympics are lucrative business today. The International Olympic Committee is a billion-dollar organization, and it is supposed to facilitate Olympic sports worldwide. Instead, it absolves itself of responsibility by giving away money to international federations to do with as they please. That leaves athletes to languish in poverty while IOC executives and broadcasting companies get rich off of them.

Image credit: https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-invites-olympic-winter-athletes-to-pyeongchang-2018-with-just-one-year-to-go

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MSU ILRIOC, International Olympic Committee, SportsLaw, Human Trafficking, Human Rights
Ending Swiss Secrecy: Switzerland's Lex FIFA
Ending Swiss Secrecy: Switzerland's Lex FIFA

By: Angela Gamalski.

Swiss authorities have traditionally had limited abilities to hold an association or corporation organized as a Swiss legal person legally accountable for bribery or corrupt acts committed by natural persons. In 2016, the Swiss criminal code "Lex FIFA" amendments became effective. Following these new laws, Switzerland should no longer a legal safe haven for associations and other corporate entities to avoid vicarious liability for the actions of that entity’s leadership.

Image credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_bids#/media/File:Joseph_Blatter_-_World_Cup_2014.jpg

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MSU ILRIOC, FIFA, Switzerland, Angela Gamalski