Reflecting on Athletes' Rights on the Road to the Olympic Games: The Unfortunate Story of Nayoka Clunis - By Saverio Paolo Spera and Jacques Blondin Published: 16 Jul 2025 Editor's note: Saverio Paolo Spera is an Italian qualified attorney-at-law. He holds an LL.M. in international business law from King’s College London. He is the co-founder of SP.IN Law, a Zurich based international sports law firm. Jacques Blondin is an Ita...
Call for Papers - Long-term contracts in sport: The private foundations of sports law and governance - University of Inland Norway - Deadline 15 June Published: 6 Jun 2025 The University of Inland Norway and the Asser International Sports Law Centre invite the submission of abstracts for a workshop in Lillehammer on 4 and 5 December exploring the role of long-term contracts in sport and their characteristics through a ...
New Training - Summer Programme on International sport and human rights - Online - 21-28 May Published: 17 Apr 2025 Since 2022, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, in collaboration with the Centre for Sport and Human Rights, is organising the first yearly summer course on the intersection of sport and human rights. This 4th edition brings tog...
Call for Papers - 20 Years of the World Anti-Doping Code in Action - ISLJ Conference 2025 - 6 & 7 November 2025 Published: 15 Apr 2025 Call for papers20 years of the World Anti-Doping Code in ActionInternational Sports Law Journal Conference 2025Asser Institute, The Hague6 and 7 November 2025 The Editors of the International Sports Law Journal (ISLJ), the Asser Institute and the ...
New Call for Papers! Transnational Sports Law from the Periphery: A Global South Perspective - Deadline 15 February Published: 27 Jan 2025
Zoom-In Webinar - The Aftermath of the Diarra Judgement: Towards a New FIFA Transfer System? - 20 November - 16:00-18:00 CET Published: 19 Nov 2024 On 4 October, the Court of Justice of the European Union shook the world of football with its Diarra ruling. The decision questions the compatibility of a key provision of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) with European Uni...
Free Webinar - The impact of the Diarra case on the football transfer system - 18 October 2024 - 15:00 CET Published: 17 Oct 2024 The Court of Justice of the European Union has recently handed down its judgement in the Lassana Diarra case (C-650/22 FIFA v. BZ).Given the importance of this case to the sports industry, LawInSport, the Asser Instituut and the Association for the Study of Sp...
Conference - ISLJ Annual Conference 2024 - 24-25 October - Asser Institute - The Hague Published: 11 Oct 2024 On 24 and 25 October 2024, the Asser Institute in The Hague will host the 2024 edition of the International Sports Law Journal (ISLJ) Conference. The ISLJ is the leading academic journal in transnational spor...
Conference - Empowering athletes’ human rights: Global research conference on athletes’ rights - Asser Institute - 23 October Published: 10 Oct 2024 The newly launched ‘Global Sport and Human Rights Research Network’, an initiative jointly hosted by the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and the Centre for Sport and Human Rights, together with the European Union-funded project ‘Human Rights Empowered Th...
