Sports Investigations Law and the ECHR: Collection, Use and Exchange of Intelligence

Human Rights › Sports Law

Sports Investigations Law and the ECHR: Collection, Use and Exchange of Intelligence

By Björn Hessert
Routledge March 2023

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781032374963
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
March 2023
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This book focuses on the analysis of coercive measures that sports organisations are permitted to use as part of their internal sports investigation proceedings to investigate sports rule violations. The legality of such coercive measures is measured against the legal regime of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The book examines the important issue of the applicability of the ECHR to private sports organisations, which is currently widely debated in the field of sports law. The ECHR is hereby used as the analytical framework, which should also be a source of inspiration for jurisdictions outside the scope of application of the ECHR. The book further explores if and to what extent sports organisations and law enforcement agencies may exchange intelligence in support of both internal sports investigation proceedings and criminal investigations. At all stages, the work seeks to strike a balance between the interest of sports organisations to investigate sports rule violations and the rights of athletes and other sportspersons. The work will be an invaluable resource for students, academics and policy-makers working in the area of Sports Law and Human Rights Law.

Table of Contents

A. Acknowledgements
B. Abbreviations
C. Introductory comments
D. Analytical framework: the European Convention on Human Rights
I. Self-commitment
II. The protection of human rights in sports-related disputes
1. The positive obligations of the Signatories to the ECHR
2. The compulsive nature of sports regulations and its legal effects
3. Interim conclusion
III. Establishing legal fairness in sporting matters - The principle of proportionality
1. Suitability and necessity
2. Proportionality in a narrow sense
IV. Interim conclusion
E. The gathering of intelligence and evidence in sports investigations
I. Threshold for the commencement of sports investigations
II. Coercive measures in sports investigations
1. Interrogations and the disclosure of personal information and documentary evidence
2. The surveillance of communications
3. Video surveillance and photographs
4. Search and seizure
5. Polygraph test
6. Final considerations: Legitimacy through independent sports integrity bodies
F. Use of information obtained in internal sports investigations
I. The admissibility of illegally obtained information
II. The use of legally obtained inadvertent discovery
1. Admissibility of inadvertent discovery information
2. Erasure of information not covered by the investigative power
III. Intelligence obtained from third parties
G. Exchange of information
I. The exchange of information between sports organisations and law enforcement
1. The confidentiality of gathered information
2. Case study: Transfer of information in accordance with the GDPR
3. Reasonableness and proportionality of data exchange
II. Exchange between sports organisations
III. Exchange between sports associations and other third parties
IV. Interim conclusion: Exchange of intelligence
H. Conclusion

Bibliography
Table of cases
I. ECtHR
II. Switzerland
III. Germany
IV. United States of America
V. United Kingdom
VI. Australia
VII. Canada
VIII. India
IX. European Court of Justice
X. Court of Arbitration for Sport
XI. Basketball Arbitral Tribunal
XII. Association Tribunals
Others
HKD 1,840.93 −3%
HKD 1,897.87

Inclusive of HK delivery

Ready to ship
Delivery Time: around 4-5 weeks
Extra 10 working days if shipping address outside Hong Kong
  • Free HK shipping over HK$1,000
  • International shipping to 35+ countries
Order Form
Save

Recommended

You may also be interested in these books:

More titles from Human Rights

View all
Human Rights and 21st Century Challenges: Poverty, Conflict, and the Environment
Oxford University Press

Human Rights and 21st Century Challenges: Poverty, Conflict, and the Environment

Dapo Akande; Jaakko Kuosmanen; Dominic Roser
HKD 1,702.35
The Principle of Effectiveness and its Overarching Role in the Interpretation and Application of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR): The norm of all norms and the method of all methods
Georgios A. Serghides

The Principle of Effectiveness and its Overarching Role in the Interpretation and Application of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR): The norm of all norms and the method of all methods

Georgios A. Serghides Ph.D. mult
HKD 1,808.00
Protecting the Rights of Refugees Beyond European Borders: Establishing Extraterritorial Legal Responsibilities
Intersentia Publishers

Protecting the Rights of Refugees Beyond European Borders: Establishing Extraterritorial Legal Responsibilities

Lisa Heschl
HKD 1,050.00
Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations from an African Perspective
Intersentia Publishers

Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations from an African Perspective

Takele Soboka Bulto; Chenwi Lilian
HKD 997.50
Arabs at Home and in the World: Human Rights, Gender Politics, and Identity
Routledge

Arabs at Home and in the World: Human Rights, Gender Politics, and Identity

Karla McKanders
HKD 2,168.79
The Human Right to Food: An Insider’s Account Pre-order
Routledge

The Human Right to Food: An Insider’s Account

Rolf Künnemann
HKD 528.65