Loss of sports scholarships as a result of the president’s signature communicated to amend the Law on the sport and the protection of acquired rights

Modern professional sport involves significant financial outlay. Hence assistance from the State in this area is extremely important. Part of it is an athletic scholarship. Nevertheless the legislative, acting on the basis of the article 11 section 2 point 4 of the Law on the sport and amendment to the law on sport legislator changes the status of Polish non-Olympic sports associations and thereby deprive the right to grant entitled to it. Thus ignoring their acquired rights. This statement is designed to bring legislative deficiencies in this regard.

Some remarks on the judgment of the Swiss Federal Tribunal of 8 September 2020 (Caster Semenya case)

This article deals with an important for the world of sport ruling of the Swiss Federal Tribunal of 2020 (in the case of the athlete Caster Semenya) decided against the background of the legal aspects of gender differences and sports competition. It presents an overview of the problem and its resolution, as well as possible further implications of the case, related to the standards of human rights protection existing under the European Convention on Human Rights. The author presents the principles of the prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment, respect for private and family life and the prohibition of discrimination and makes a legal assessment of the judgment in the case from their perspective. The analysis results in conclusions concerning legal aspects of gender differences and sports competition. These conclusions have a universal dimension and apply to the broadly defined sub-discipline of law, which is the sports law.