Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2012
The Olympic Games are the world's most recognised international sporting event alongside the FIFA World Cup. Started in ancient Greece, the Olympic Games were revived in modern times in 1896 and occur every four years. This article, by Esther Cho, discusses how to research the structure and legal aspects of the Olympic Movement. It also encompasses the general array of international sports law resources connected to the Olympic Movement.
1 The Olympic Charter, http://www.olympic.org/Documents/olympic_charter_en.pdf
2 Factsheet, the Games of the Olympiad, http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Summer_Games.pdf
3 Factsheet, Olympic Winter Games: http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Winter_Games.pdf
4 Paralympics, http://www.paralympic.org
5 Youth Olympic Games, http://www.olympic.org/content/yog_/yog-2/#/News
7 Olympic Charter: http://www.olympic.org/Documents/olympic_charter_en.pdf
8 Court of Arbitration for Sport, http://www.tas-cas.org/
9 International Olympic Committee, http://www.olympic.org/ioc
11 IOC Executive Board, http://www.olympic.org/executive-board
12 IOC Ethics Commission, http://www.olympic.org/ethics-commission
13 IOC Sport and Law Commission, http://www.olympic.org/sport-law-commission
14 IOC TV Rights and New Media Commission, http://www.olympic.org/tv-rights-new-media-commission
15 IOC Recognised Sports, http://arisf.wordpress.com/32-ioc-recognised-sports/
16 National Olympic Committees, http://www.olympic.org/national-olympic-committees
17 ANOCA, http://www.africaolympic.org/
19 OCA, http://www.ocasia.org/
20 EOC, http://www.eurolympic.org/
22 Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, http://www.olympic.org/ioc-governance-organising-committees
23 London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, http://www.london2012.com/
24 Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, http://sochi2014.com/en/
25 Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, http://www.rio2016.com/en/home
26 Court of Arbitration for Sport, http://www.tas-cas.org/
27 Code of Sports-Related Arbitration, http://www.tas-cas.org/statutes
28 Paris Agreement, http://www.tas-cas.org/en/arbitrage.asp/4-3-294-1023-4-1-1/
29 CAS Case Law, http://www.tas-cas.org/recent-decision
30 World Anti-Doping Agency, http://www.wada-ama.org/en/; WADA Constitutive Instrument, http://www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/constitutive_instrument_foundation.pdf
31 World Anti-Doping Code, http://www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/code_v3.pdf
32 Copenhagen Declaration on Anti-Doping in Sport, http://www.wada-ama.org/Documents/World_Anti-Doping_Program/Governments/WADA_Copenhagen_Declaration_EN.pdf
33 WADA International Standards, http://www.wada-ama.org/en/World-Anti-Doping-Program/Sports-and-Anti-Doping-Organizations/International-Standards/
35 National Anti-Doping Agencies, http://www.wada-ama.org/en/Anti-Doping-Community/NADOs/List-of-NADOs/
36 Government Funded Organizations (Anti-Doping), http://www.wada-ama.org/en/World-Anti-Doping-Program/Sports-and-Anti-Doping-Organizations/The-Code/Code-Acceptance/Government-funded-Organizations/
37 National Legislation (Anti-Doping), http://www.wada-ama.org/en/World-Anti-Doping-Program/Governments/Legal-articles-case-law-and-national-laws/
38 Australian Sports Drug Agency, http://www.asada.gov.au/
39 European Commission – Sport, http://ec.europa.eu/sport/what-we-do/doping_en.htm
40 Nationale Anti-Doping Agentur, http://www.nada-bonn.de/
41 UK Anti-Doping in Sport, http://www.ukad.org.uk/
42 United States Anti-Doping Agency, http://www.usantidoping.org/
43 Anti-Doping Convention, http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=135&CM=8&DF=12/12/2005&CL=ENG
44 Council of Europe, http://www.coe.int/
45 Cape Town Declaration on Anti-Doping in Sport, http://www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/capetowndeclaration.pdf
46 Copenhagen Declaration on Anti-Doping in Sport, http://www.wada-ama.org/en/Anti-Doping-Community/Governments/Copenhagen-Declaration-on-Anti-Doping-in-Sport/
47 International Convention Against Doping in Sport, http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001425/142594m.pdf#page=2
48 Parties to the International Convention Against Doping in Sport, http://www.unesco.org/eri/la/convention.asp?KO=31037&language=E&order=alpha
49 Lausanne Declaration on Doping in Sport, http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1999/OREXXVI25/OREXXVI25g.pdf
50 Peace Palace Bibliography on Sports Law, http://www.peacepalacelibrary.nl/research-guides/public-international-law-special-topics/sports/#bibliography
51 International Centre for Olympic Studies, http://www.uwo.ca/olympic/
52 The Olympic Studies Centre, http://www.olympic.org/olympic-studies-centre