During the 128th Session which has just concluded, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) elected the members of its Ethics Commission. These elections, along with a complete revision of the IOC’s Code of Ethics, finalize the implementation of recommendations 30 to 32 of the Olympic Agenda 2020, less than eight months after their unanimous adoption last December.
Greater transparency, good governance, accountability, and enhanced ethics are the principles that should guide the work of the Ethics Commission under the Olympic Agenda 2020, a strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement.
Composed of nine members, the commission includes, as recommended, a representative from the IOC Athletes’ Commission, at least five individuals who are not active IOC members, including two who have no direct links to the sports movement.
The commission is composed of: Youssoupha Ndiaye (former Minister of Sports of Senegal) confirmed in his role as president; Guy Canivet (member of the French Constitutional Council) elected vice-president; Geert Corstens (recently president of the Network of Presidents of the Supreme Courts of the European Union); Patricia O’Brien (ambassador and permanent representative of Ireland to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva); Samuel Schmid (lawyer and former Swiss federal councilor of the federal department of defense, civil protection, and sports); honorary IOC member Francisco J. Elizalde; and IOC members Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, Robin Mitchell, and Yang Yang, the latter elected as the representative of the IOC Athletes’ Commission.
