Joint Meeting: Sports and Entertainment Law and International Law Sections (SSE210119)

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

5:00 PM to 6:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Zoom Video Meeting

United States

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Margot VanRiel
Jordan Sala
Daniel Cooper
Alex Mazzella
Thomas Welsh
Rene Peres
Atef nahass
Ling Liu
Sarah Maramarosy
Houston Lowry
Dana Katz
Paul Edelburg
Craig Honeyman
Frederik Jorgensen
lingling Liu
Jean-Baptiste Guégan
Yeremias Fade
Lukas AUBIN
Amer Saad Alajmi
Pedro Paiva
Stanis Elsborg
Falko De Backer
John Louizos
John Driscoll
Florian Bétourné
Christa Calabretta
Patrick Kania
Sam Gagnon
Kaitlyn Hennessey
B Saeed
Suvir Sanjiv
Delissa Ridgway
Simon Chadwick
Allison Hobbs
Richard Metzroth

Sportswashing: International Sports and Human Rights

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportswashing)

Schedule:

Introduction of the Panelists – Daniel Cooper
Human Rights and Sports in General – Judge Ridgway
Sportswashing as Concept and Popular Pushback, Recent Developments – Professor Chadwick
Q&A – Time Remaining

Speakers:

Honorable Delissa A. Ridgway, Senior Judge, US Court of International Trade

Professor Simon Chadwick, Professor of Eurasian Sport Industry, Em Lyon Business School, Paris and Shanghai

Program Description

This program will examine the concept of "sportswashing" which can be defined as the practice of autocratic or kleptocratic regimes with poor human rights records sponsoring or hosting international sporting events, and buying well known sports franchises in other countries, in order to district from criticism of their human rights records. This program will examine the human rights picture as it relates to international sports and will discuss the public outcry of certain countries attempting to acquire ownership of certain sporting events and recognized teams or clubs.

CLE Credits

CT: 1.0 Credits | NY: 1.0 CLE Credits (Pending)

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