Peaceful and Neutral Games - The Human Rights Perspective on Banning Russian and Belarussian Athletes from International Sports Competitions
Wiater, Patricia
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2023-03-23
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In a statement issued on March 17, 2023, the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) advocated to uphold the current exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from international competitions. In light of the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris 2024 this topic is currently of great concern to the international sports world. From a human rights perspective, I agree with the core of the DOSB position: the exclusion serves the aims of protecting the rights of Ukrainian athletes and of preventing sporting events from being instrumentalised for war propaganda. These are legitimate reasons for the unequal treatment of Russian athletes.
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Wiater, Patricia
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Russian War against Ukraine
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