With a Foreword by Dr Ralf-René Weingärtner, Director for Youth and Sport, Council of Europe, Strasbourg

The Council of Europe is unquestionably the body that has made the most substantial contribution to paving the way for a European sports model. The Council of Europe was the first international intergovernmental organisation to take initiatives to establish legal instruments, and to offer an institutional framework for the development of sport at European level. The first stage of the Council of Europe's work in this field was marked by the adoption of the Committee of Ministers' Resolution on Doping of Athletes (1967). The extensive work of the Council of Europe on sport is evident through its main instruments on sport, such as the European Sports Charter, the Code of Sports Ethics, the European Convention on Spectator Violence, and the Anti-Doping Convention. Sport co-operation within the Council of Europe is organised in partnership with national governmental and non-governmental bodies.

The Council of Europe and Sport: Basic Documents is the second volume in the Asser series of collections of documents on international sports law, containing material on the intergovernmental (inter-state) part of international sports law. The European Union and Sport: Legal and Policy Documents was the first volume devoted to the European Union. In previous other publications, non-governmental materials, i.e. statutes and constitutions, doping rules and regulations, arbitral and disciplinary rules and regulations of the international sports organisations were published.

The book provides an invaluable source of reference for governmental and sports officials, legal practitioners and the academic world. With the increasing public interest in the legal aspects of sports, this collection of documents is a timely and welcome contribution to enhancing the accessibility of basic texts on international sports law and policy.

Autorentext
Robert Siekmann is Director of the ASSER International Sports Law Centre and Senior Advisor at the T.M.C. Asser Institute for International Law, The Hague. He is also general editor of The International Sports Law Journal (ISLJ). Janwillem Soek is a member of the Netherlands Association for Sports Law and the International Association for Sports Law.

Inhalt
Apartheid.- Boxing.- Children and Young People.- Committee For The Development Of Sport (CDDS).- Democracy.- Deprivation and Urban Stress.- Disabled Persons.- Doping.- Economic Changes.- Employment.- Environment.- Ethics.- Eurofit.- Europe Sports Fund.- European Co-Operation.- Facilities.- Free Fighting.- Good Governance.- Humanitarian Disasters.- Immigrants.- Inter-Cultural Dialogue.- International Sport.- Lesbians and Gays.- Local Authorities.- Medical and Health Aspects.- New Partnerships.- Older Persons.- Olympic Games.- Physical Education.- Prisoners.- Professional Sport.- Social Cohesion.- Socially Underprivileged.- Sponsorship.- Sport As A Means of Peace.- Sport for All Charter / European Sports Charter.- Sport in Society.- Television.- Tolerance and Fair Play.- Violence.- Visas.- Women.