A seminar on “Human Rights in Sport” was held in Strasbourg on 20 November 2019. The event was organised by the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport with the support of various entities such as the Secretariat of the Anti-doping Convention, the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) and the European Court of Human Rights (which hosted the first part of the event).
The general aims of the seminar were to:
- share information on recent institutional developments;
- make aware of and train on available tools;
- agree on the next steps for EPAS in the field of human rights and sport.
The seminar was attended by over 60 participants and provided the audience with a platform to exchange views with specialists from sports ministries and sports organisations, academics and human rights experts from across Europe. The main focus of the seminar was on defending the existing human rights of athletes and other participants in regular sports activities.