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

• Autor(a) principal: Czepek, Jakub
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Revista Espaço Jurídico/Espaço Jurídico Journal of Law
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unoesc.edu.br/espacojuridico/article/view/20212
• topic: 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

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).