The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is currently not in an enviable position. Not Only has the postponement of the Olympic Games to this year, a first in the Modern Olympics’ History, Resulted in Colossal Economic and Financial Stakes for the Organization and the Host Country Japan, But The Ioc is also Confronted AROVERD Theverd Theverd Theverd Theverd Theverd Theverd Theverd Theverd Theverd Theverd Theverd Theverd Theverd Theversial Deverdement Violations Directly related to its member associations. The past shows that the IOC is too reactive when it comes to heated political arguments and Respond to specific problems only when asked.
The public discussion about the double role of the Belarusian Prime Minister and the president of the National Olympic Committee (NOC), Alexander Lukaschenko, has the need for a renewed clarification of the autonomy of the sport. While Belarus athletes led the protest with an open letter to the government against the results of the electoral process in August 2020, Recognized by the EU as electoral fraud and the violent repression of the protestsThe IOC has been silent for a long time despite Prison and demonstrated torture of athletes. Unlike the FIFA of the World Football Federation, the Olympic Movement does not yet have a differentiated human rights policy that proposes recommended actions in such cases. At least the Olympic Charter provides the mention of “promotion, a peaceful society related to the preservation of human dignity.”
If the thesis principles were seriously tasks, Critics argueThe Olympic Games in Russia have not been held, where sexual minorities are discriminated or in China, where the Uigures religious community has been oppressed. CONFRONTED WITH SUCH ACUSATIONS, The IOC President, Thomas Bach, you have in the past reacted in an interview with the german radio station deutschlandfunk: “The responsibility of the ioc reports to the olympic games. We are not not a so so -It Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Make sure, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Makenment. Makenment, Makenment, Makenment, Ensure, Makenment, Maketration. The IOC should obtain credit for opening peace conversations between the South and North Korea After Korean athletes marched under the unified flag at the Winter Olympic Games in 2018. In addition to that, the IOC has permanent observer status at the UN since 2009, which allows the organization to be directly involved in the UN agenda and assist. Politics and sports have always been deeply intertwined and the IOC needs an honest and constructive debate about how will react to future conflicts in this domain.
One of the resurgent questions is how to deal with the third execution of an elite athlete in Iran since September 2020. Rob Koehler, general director of Global Athlete, He told the publication of Jerusalem: “The International Olympic Committee must act now. Their silence has left them control. Their lack of action clearly indicates that they favor interested parties on the rights of athletes.” It is the same pattern that could be observed in the case of Belarus: athlete organizations and human rights organizations call COI to respond, while the latter communicates that the incidents fall outside their area of responsibility.
With the official statement of December 7, 2020Excluding Alexander Lukaschenko and members of the NOC of all the events and activities of the IOC, the IOC has once again reacted to the international pressure of the interested parties. It remains to be expected that the COI advances to be a reactive organization to proactively provide a “harmonious development service of humanity”, as declared in the fundamental principle 2 of the Olympic Charter. The Olympic movement owes this to its most important stakeholders: athletes.
M.SC. In sports management, University of Bordeaux
