ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jan Łukomski

Jan Łukomski is Attorney-at law, arbitrator in Football Arbitration Court of the Polish Football Association, co-author of „International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights. Commentary” (C.H. Beck, Warsaw, 2018) and PhD candidate at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

POSTS BY Jan Łukomski

07 July 2019

Jan Łukomski

The protection of labour rights in professional football under the ICESCR

In this blog, I argue that the global operations of FIFA affecting the labour rights of individuals fall under the scope of the ICESCR and that FIFA’s responsibility for potential violations of these rights can be engaged. It could also form the basis for Switzerland’s international legal responsibility for a possible violation of a state’s obligation to protect. Continue reading >>