1. Safeguarding athletes from harassment and abuse in sport
IOC Toolkit for NOCs and IFs
HRH Prince Feisal al Hussein
ANOC General Assembly. Prague. November 2017

2. Safeguarding policies…

3. - IOC Consensus statement: Harassment and abuse in sport (2016) -
“It is incumbent upon all stakeholders in sport both to adopt general principles for safe sport, and to implement and monitor policies and procedures for safe sport, which state that: all athletes have a right to be treated with respect and protected from non-accidental violence.”
- IOC Consensus statement: Harassment and abuse in sport (2016) -

4. Harassment and abuse can and does occur
In sport
Across all sporting disciplines
At all levels of participation
“All forms of harassment and abuse
breach human rights and may
constitute an offence”
IOC Consensus Statement: Harassment and abuse 2016

5. Guiding documents: IOC Code of Ethics
IOC Basic Universal Principles of Good Governance
Olympic Agenda 2020: Recommendation 18
Olympic Movement Medical Code
IOC initiatives related to the prevention of harassment and abuse in sport have been developed further to Recommendation 18 of Olympic Agenda 2020: Strengthen support to athletes.
Recommendation 2d of the 2015 International Athletes’ Forum (Development of education materials on all issues of athlete welfare, including non-discrimination, prevention of harassment and abuse in sport).
Point 6.2 (Protection of athletes) of the IOC Basic Principles of Good Governance
Olympic Movement Medical Code article which outlines the fundamental rights of athletes.

6. A collaborative initiative
Four IOC Commissions
IOC Working Group
Virtual Task Force
Subject matter experts
Other organisations
ANOC, ASOIF and AOIWF

7. The IOC toolkit: Provides step-by-step guidance
Based on the IOC Guidelines for IFs & NOCs
Available on the Olympic Athletes Hub & NOCNet
Supported by an IOC Athlete Safeguarding course

8. IOC Games Time Framework
Example of a competition-specific policy
Defines reporting mechanisms & procedures
Includes the presence of the IOC Safeguarding Officer
In place at every edition of the Olympic Games

9. Thank you IOC Toolkit is available on:
Olympic.org/athlete365/safeguarding-toolkit
NOCNet