Respecting the Right to Nationality in International Sport
Journal: Interdisciplinary studies in human rights
Year: 2024

Abstract International sports pledge to eradicate discriminatory practices, yet paradoxically continue to support discrimination on the grounds of nationality. Athletes compete as part of a national team. This requires sporting associations and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to make distinctions among athletes merely on the grounds of nationality. The Olympic Charter does this. Because of this need to make nationality distinctions, those associations must also develop nationality rule