WISLaw lunch talk at the ISJL Sports Law Conference in The Hague on 24-25 October 2019
“Women’s Access to Football Stadiums in Iran: a human rights perspective”
Join us for a WISLaw lunch talk with our member Daniela Heerdt on 24 October 2019 in The Hague.
ISLJ Conference
Draft programme, 24-25 October 2019
Day 1
Thursday, 24 October
9:00 – 10:00 | Registration & coffee |
10:00 – 10:15 | Opening
Antoine Duval & Johan Lindholm |
10:15 – 11:00 | Opening Speech by Moya Dodd, former FIFA Council member and current ICAS member (TBC) |
11:00 – 12:30 | Panel 1
Where is the athletes’ voice? The (il)legitimacy of international sports governing bodies
Mark A. Conrad, Fordham University · The lack of athlete representation in international sports governing bodies: Is a labour – management approach a better way to ensure athletes’ rights? Marjolaine Viret, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler & Antoine Duval, Asser Institute · “Hearing the voice of the athlete” – Towards a ‘democratisation’ of the world anti-doping regime? Arnout Geeraert, Utrecht University · The democratic legitimacy of international sport federations |
12:30 – 13:30 | WISLAW lunch – Women’s access to football stadium in Iran |
13:30 – 15:00 | Panel 2
Criminal law and sports – Criminal law of sports
Björn Hessert, Zürich University · Cooperation and reporting obligations in sports investigations Jan Exner, Charles University Prague/Czech Olympic Committee · Fixed Sanction Framework in the World Anti-Doping Code: Can Hearing Panels Go Below the Limits in the Pursuit of Proportionate Sanctions? Ruby Panchal, Jindal Global Law School · Lex sportiva: Fixing ‘the Big Fix’? |
15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
15:30 – 17:00 | Panel 3 |
Transfer systems in international sports
Shervine Nafissi, Université de Lausanne · Third-party influence on clubs – Analysis of the scope of application of art. 18bis RSTP Jan Łukomski, Łukomski Niklewicz Law Firm · On the finalisation of international football transfers and professional football players’ contracts Xavier Mansat, CRESTA Lawyers · International volleyball governing body and the player-club employment relationship |
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18:30 | Dinner |
Day 2
Friday, 25 October
9:30 – 10:30 | Keynote lecture
Ulrich Haas, Zurich University |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
11:00 – 12:30 | Panel 4
Rethinking sports arbitration
Artur Flaminio da Silva & Daniela Mirante, Universidade Nova de Lisboa · Mandatory arbitration as a possible future for sports arbitration Veronica Lavista, University of Oslo · Influence of international dispute settlement on sports arbitration Massimiliano Trovato, King’s College London · Untying the Gordian knot: Three radical proposals to enhance CAS legitimacy |
12:30 – 13:30 | Book l(a)unch
The Court of Arbitration for Sport and its Jurisprudence: An Empirical Inquiry Lex Sportiva’ Johan Lindholm |
13:30 – 15:00 | Panel 5
Revisiting the (in)dependence and transparency of the CAS
Velislava Hristova · The intersection between human rights and sports arbitration: the right to a public hearing in sports cases Antonio Rigozzi, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler/Université de Neuchatel · Seraing, Pechstein and the future of CAS? Tom Seamer, Morgan Sports Law · The evolution of sports arbitration – independence and impartiality of CAS Arbitrators |
15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
15:30 – 17:00 | Panel 6
The future of sports: sports law of the future
Audrey Cech & Cedric Aghey, FIFA · Integration of eSports in the structure of IFs – Disruption or continuity? Angela Busacca, Universita Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria · What kind of civil liability in extreme sports? Nick Poggenklaas, Van Diepen Van Der Kroef · The protection of minors in E-Sports |
17:00 | Closing reception |