The normative scope of the Olympic Charter

Question 1

Why has the IOC its headquarter in Switzerland?

Answer 1

• It doesn´t interfere with the private arbitration
• Swiss has a big freedom to rule
• Taxes
• Central geographical location

Question 2

IOC

Answer 2

• is an associtation of individuals (its members)
• 115 members
• 70 are independent

Question 3

The IOC Executive Board

Answer 3

• founded in 1921
• it manages the affairs of the IOC
  assumes the general overall responsibility for the administration of the IOC;
• monitors the observance of the Olympic Charter;
• approves the IOC’s internal organisation, its organisation chart and all internal regulations
  relating to its organisation;
• is responsible for the management of the IOC’s finances and prepares an annual report;
• presents a report to the Session on any proposed change of the Olympic Charter, one of its
  Rules or bye-laws;
• submits, on proposal of the Nomination Commission, to the IOC Session the names of the
  persons whom it recommends for election to the IOC;
• conducts the procedure for acceptance and selection of candidatures for the organisation of
  the Olympic Games;
• establishes the agenda for the IOC Sessions;
• upon proposal from the President, it appoints the Director General;
• enacts, in the form it deems most appropriate, (codes, rulings, norms, guidelines, guides,
  instructions) all regulations necessary to ensure the proper implementation of the Olympic
  Charter and the organisation of the Olympic Games;
• organises periodic meetings with the IFs and with the NOCs at least once every two years;
• creates and allocates IOC honorary distinctions;
• performs all other duties assigned to it by the Session

Question 4

IOC Ethics Commission

Answer 4

• similar to a compliance officer in a commission
• fomally independent of the IOC
• they are not economically independent of the IOC

The IOC Ethics
Commission is charged with defining and updating a
framework of ethical principles, including a Code of Ethics,
based upon the values and principles enshrined in the
Olympic Charter of which the said Code forms an integral part

Question 5

the basic principles of the IOC Code of Ethics

Answer 5

• individual dignity
• no discrimination
• no doping
• no form of harassment
• no beeting on the OG
• moral integrity
• no direct and indirect form of remuneration or benefit connected with the organisation of Olympic Games
• No gifts
• no conflict of interest
• no behaviour likely to tarnish the reputation of the Olympic Movement
• no activties inconsistent with ethical principles

Question 6

Good Governance Principles of the Olympic and Sport Movement

Answer 6

1. Vision, mission and strategy
2. Structures, regulations and democratic process
3. Highest level of competence, integrity and ethical standards
4. Accountability, transparency and control
5. Solidarity and development
6. Athletes’ involvement, participation and care
7. Harmonious relations with governments while preserving
   autonomy

Question 7

Existing, Codified and Applicable General Principles of the IFs.

Answer 7

1. The IOC Charter
2. WADA Code
3. The IOC Recommendations contained in the Agenda 2020
4. The IOC Code of Ethics
5. The IOC Basic Principles of Good Governance of Olympic and Sports Movement
6. The Olympic Movement Code against the Manipulation of Sport Competitions