{"id":2146,"date":"2020-06-11T10:36:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T08:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten\/?p=2146"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:16:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T13:16:23","slug":"statement-on-the-revision-of-rule-50-of-the-olympic-charter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/en\/statement-on-the-revision-of-rule-50-of-the-olympic-charter\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on the\u00a0Revision of Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Berlin, June 11, 2020.<\/strong> Athleten Deutschland welcomes Thomas Bach’s initiative to review Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter including the ban on political protests. The restriction of freedom of opinion in sport can only be tolerated if athletes and federations jointly determine possible limits and thus legitimize them through a jointly negotiated consensus.<\/p>\n

To allow a meaningful\u00a0and sustainable consultation process with athletes, we expect the IOC Athletes’ Commission and the IOC leadership to respect and fully implement the following principles:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Genuine inclusion\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe consultation process and any changes to Rule 50 must be based on feedback from the athletes’ representatives. Independent athlete\u00a0groups\u00a0representing Olympic athletes must be included\u00a0with equal consideration.\u00a0The terms of the consultation process must be jointly defined by all participants prior to its start.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Transparency\u00a0<\/strong>
\nFeedback must be made publicly available and visible. If\u00a0certain pieces of\u00a0feedback\u00a0are\u00a0rejected or not considered, the IOC Athletes’ Commission must\u00a0provide a justification for the rejection.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Accountability\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe IOC Executive Committee must commit itself to implementing the results of the consultation. It must report transparently on\u00a0how these\u00a0results\u00a0are reflected in its decision-making\u00a0process for the review of Rule 50.<\/p>\n

Johannes\u00a0Herber, CEO of\u00a0Athleten\u00a0Deutschland, adds: “It is perilous\u00a0to limit\u00a0any\u00a0possible changes to Rule 50 in advance to the scope of the Olympic Charter.\u00a0The Charter\u00a0does not\u00a0include\u00a0a commitment to fundamental human rights. While the\u00a0IOC\u2019s\u00a0principle of non-discrimination is\u00a0crucially\u00a0important, it does not cover many other rights\u00a0worthy\u00a0of protection.”<\/em><\/p>\n

In light of this\u00a0discussion, we refer to the\u00a0call<\/a> to include an eighth fundamental principle of Olympism in the Olympic Charter. This would see the IOC commit to respecting all internationally recognized human rights. The call made by Athleten Deutschland together with athlete groups from other countries already in October 2019.<\/p>\n

Maximilian Klein, Representative for International Sports Policy for\u00a0Athleten\u00a0Deutschland: “Previous consultation and participation processes have not sufficiently met basic democratic standards. The involvement of athletes in the postponement of the Olympic Games was\u00a0unsatisfactory; the announced consultation procedure on Rule 40 has not yet taken place. We are of course happy to be convinced of the opposite and expect the process to be initiated swiftly by the end of June.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Berlin, June 11, 2020. Athleten Deutschland welcomes Thomas Bach’s initiative to review Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter including the ban on political protests. The restriction of freedom of opinion in sport can only be tolerated if athletes and federations jointly determine possible limits and thus legitimize them through a jointly negotiated consensus. To allow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,120,118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-protection","category-freedom-of-speech-of-athletes","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2146"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3816,"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions\/3816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}