Athletes’ Anti-Doping Rights Act / World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). - Montreal : WADA, 2019
One of the purposes of the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) and the World Anti-Doping Program is to protect the Athletes’ fundamental right to participate in doping-free sport and thus promote and protect health, fairness and equal opportunity for Athletes worldwide.
Making sure that Athletes have rights, that Athletes are aware of those rights, and can exercise those rights is vital to the success of clean sport. Athlete rights exist throughout the Code and International Standards.
This Act has been drafted after extensive consultation with Athletes from around the world and it describes those rights that Athletes have identified as particularly important to them. It does not articulate all Athlete rights. However, this Act is not a legal document; Athletes’ legal rights in the context of anti-doping are only those rights that are set forth in the Code and International Standards regardless of how they are described in this Act. In case of conflicting interpretations, the provisions of the Code and International Standards shall prevail in all cases.
This Act is approved by the WADA Executive Committee upon the recommendation of the WADA Athlete Committee. Changes to this Act may be made by recommendation to the WADA Executive Committee from the WADA Athlete Committee.
This Act is made up of two parts. Part 1 sets out rights that are found in the Code and International Standards. Part 2 sets out recommended Athlete rights. These are not found in the Code or International Standards but are rights that Athletes recommend that Anti-Doping Organizations adopt for best practice.
