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Prof Mark James

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Prof of Sports Law, researching Olympic law, human rights & ticket touting. Stuff about music & books too.

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Manchester Law School - Research @mmulawresearch.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🚨 New article by @prof-mark-james.bsky.social and Guy Osborn: "Defining the Olympic legal framework and the IOC’s lawmaking capability: lex Olympica, Olympic law, and their relationships with lex sportiva and sports law" in the International Sports Law Journal. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Defining the olympic legal framework and the IOC’s lawmaking capability: lex Olympica, Olympic law and their relationships with lex sportiva and sports law - The International Sports Law Journal
The Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the legal framework that regulates them, have long been the subject of multidisciplinary scrutiny. Despite significant academic critiq...
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Manchester Law School - Research @mmulawresearch.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
🚨 New Book Alert! 🌍📘 Ash Murphy’s Climate Change at the UN Security Council: Protecting Pacific and Caribbean Island States is out now with Routledge (2025). A vital read on climate, security & small island states. Available here: www.routledge.com/Climate-Chan...
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Climate Change at the UN Security Council: Protecting Pacific and Caribbean Island States
This book examines the operation of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to better understand the motivating factors that underpin its activation of Article 39. Arguing that climate change shoul...
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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Coming soon at @thesohopoly.bsky.social this brilliant new play Outside Voice 1-5 July, tickets available here sohopoly.co.uk/events/outsi... PLEASE RT!
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EU Court of Justice @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
#ECJ #AG Emiliou: #Sports governing bodies cannot freely self-regulate when their rules have a significant impact on areas covered by #EUlaw #football 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 24/04/2025
In just 100 days, the Trump administration has inflicted enormous damage to human rights in the United States and around the world. To mark the first 100 days of President Trump's second term, Human Rights Watch has cataloged 100 of the administration’s human rights harms 🧵⤵️
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
NEW from #HRW: Interactive feature cataloguing 100 human rights harms in Trump administration's first 100 days. www.hrw.org/feature/2025...
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 25/04/2025
Which swear words do Britons find the most offensive? C*nt: 82% say very or fairly offensive Motherf*cker: 70% Fatherf*cker: 62% B*tch: 55% F*ck: 53% W*nker: 53% B*stard: 45% P*ssy: 44% Pr*ck: 42% Tw*t: 40% A*sehole: 39% D*ckhead: 39% Son of b*tch: 36% C*ck: 34% Full list in the chart 👇
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Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Call for Papers for the International Sports Law Journal Conference 2025. The Conference will review the first 25 years of the WADA Code & look to where it may go next. More details available here: www.asser.nl/SportsLaw/Bl... Hope to see you in The Hague on 6 & 7 November #sportslaw
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Asser International Sports Law Blog | Call for Papers - 20 Years of the World Anti-Doping Code in Action - ISLJ Conference 2025 - 6 & 7 November 2025
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Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The International #SportsLaw Journal is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year. The new issue is available here: link.springer.com/journal/4031... with a brief history of the ISLJ here: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... The ISLJ archive of volumes 2-12 is here: www.asser.nl/sportslaw/pu...
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The International Sports Law Journal
The International Sports Law Journal (ISLJ) is a quarterly (four issues per annum) peer-reviewed journal in the emerging specialty area of international ...
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Asser Institute @tmcasser.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Human rights issues in sports governance have threatened the core values of sport. Featuring experts' discussion, together with the @sportandrights.bsky.social, we will discuss contemporary #sports governance and find ways to address its #HumanRights challenges.
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Manchester Law School - Research @mmulawresearch.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
New publication! 🎉 Dr James Brown has published an online annual review for LawInSport titled ‘Sport, Safety and Participation - Annual Review 2024/25’. The article is available here: www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/.... #SportsLaw
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Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
New paper from @guyosborn.bsky.social & me in the Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie: "Law 3.0: Technology and Law in the Entertainment Industry – The Case of Ticket Touting." Available at: doi.org/10.1515/zfrs... #sportslaw
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Law 3.0: Technology and Law in the Entertainment Industry – The Case of Ticket Touting
This article examines the evolution of the law’s attempts to regulate technological advancements in the entertainment industry in general, and the sale and resale of event tickets in particular. Drawi...
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Antoine Duval @antoineduval.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Important new #Sportslaw paper on #CAS by my colleague Johan Lindholm from @umeauniversitet.bsky.social. It highlights the influence of experienced arbitrators on CAS awards & the advantage of SGBs in identifying & selecting them. It's available open access at academic.oup.com/arbitration/...
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Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
New #sportslaw article on the International Sports Law Journal: A systematic literature review of esports integrity, by Erika Riedl & Pim Verschuuren: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Sports governing body responses to coach-athlete violence in Finland and the UK - The International Sports Law Journal
This article considers interpersonal violence committed by coaches towards athletes, scrutinising responses by sports national governing bodies (NGBs) in Finland and the UK. We take a wide view of the...
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Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
New #sportslaw article on the International Sports Law Journal: Sports governing body responses to coach-athlete violence in Finland and the UK, by Antti Aine, Eleanor Drywood & Jatta Muhonen: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Sports governing body responses to coach-athlete violence in Finland and the UK - The International Sports Law Journal
This article considers interpersonal violence committed by coaches towards athletes, scrutinising responses by sports national governing bodies (NGBs) in Finland and the UK. We take a wide view of the...
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Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Great to see that the new Routledge Handbook on Sports Law and Governance is now out, including my chapter, The IOC and Olympic Law: Scoping the Regulatory Space of the IOC: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... Thanks to Annette Greenhow & John Wolohan for pulling it all together! #sportslaw
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The Routledge Handbook on Sports Law and Governance
The Routledge Handbook on Sports Law and Governance provides a definitive guide to the regulation of international and national sport through the lens of both regulatory, governance and legal framewor...
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Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
More info on our new LLM International Sports Law & Governance @mmulawresearch.bsky.social: Video: youtu.be/apKjgtTtOZ8?... Info: www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr... Open Days: www.mmu.ac.uk/study/open-d... #sportslaw
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LLM International Sports Law and Governance
YouTube video by Manchester Met Business and Law
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
This is fantastic! This website allows you to watch TV stations from around the world. I just watched 2 minutes of Afghan volleyball. All the small regional TV stations from Germany are here too. Spread the word! Source: tv.garden
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Copyright infringement is not my legal forte. But if there is any way of taking legal action against Meta for benefiting from the theft of my intellectual property, I am absolutely going to do so.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
CJEU, sports law/consumer law New judgment: contract to train minor in sports falls within scope of unfair contract terms directive - CJEU indicates what aspects might (or might not) be considered unfair - Full text - curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/... Press release curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
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Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This from @JulesBoykoff is well worth a read on what the next IOC President should be focusing on when they take office... #sportslaw
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being.➡️ www.youtube.com/@americanmed...
The American Medical Association has a youtube page; they are doing daily updates on bird flu and other outbreaks since the CDC isn't allowed to.
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Asser Institute @tmcasser.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Submit your abstracts for the upcoming 2025 CLEER conference on how evolving institutional dynamics are challenging the EU's foreign policy. 🚨 Deadline: 30 April 2025 Read the full call
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Liverpool fans affected by the chaos surrounding the 2022 Champions League final in Paris have the right to have their personal injury claims heard in the UK, a judge has ruled after an attempt by Uefa to block it. By @robynvinter.bsky.social for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Liverpool fans to have 2022 Champions League final injury claims heard in UK
Judge rules in favour of football supporters after Uefa’s attempt to block court claims being held in Liverpool
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Manchester Law School - Research @mmulawresearch.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
🚨New publication from Manchester Law School Staff: @prof-mark-james.bsky.social and Sarah Carrick have both contributed chapters to The Routledge Handbook on Sports Law and Governance. More info here: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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The Routledge Handbook on Sports Law and Governance
The Routledge Handbook on Sports Law and Governance provides a definitive guide to the regulation of international and national sport through the lens of both regulatory, governance and legal framewor...
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Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Really interesting new article in the International Sports Law Journal: Balancing the benefits and risks of traditional medicine in sports: a study of anti-doping controls and compliance by Sheik Inan Ul Mansoor. Available at: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... #sportslaw
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Balancing the benefits and risks of traditional medicine in sports: a study of anti-doping controls and compliance - The International Sports Law Journal
The use of traditional medicine is regarded therapeutically desirable but the integration with sport raises issues of performance improvement as well as drug adulteration. WADA governs the substances ...
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Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
New article in the International Sports Law Journal by @julesboykoff.bsky.social: "The Olympics in crisis: challenges, reforms, and the path forward" was the keynote lecture at our annual conference last year & explores the crises facing the Olympics. Available at: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Olympics in crisis: challenges, reforms, and the path forward - The International Sports Law Journal
The Olympic Games are a massive sport and marketing event that create significant revenues for the International Olympic Committee. The Olympics are a platform for the world’s most accomplished athlet...
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Centre for Sport and Human Rights @sportandrights.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Ahead of today's men's England v Afghanistan match in the ICC Champions Trophy our Education & Policy Researcher @shubhamjain224.bsky.social shared on Sky Sports perspectives on what more the cricket ecosystem can do to further support Afghanistan’s female cricketers 🎥 Full clip bit.ly/3Qyxntk 🧵1/2
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Afghanistan women support England's non-boycott of men's Champions Trophy fixture
► Subscribe to Sky Sports News: http://bit.ly/SkySportsNewsSub ► Watch Sky Sports: https://bit.ly/BuySkySports Women in Afghanistan have been banned from sports since Taliban regained control in 2021; exiled women's cricketer Firooza Amiri tells Sky Sports News that an England boycott of the men's Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan "doesn't have any impact". #skysportsnews #skysportscricket #afghanistan ► For the latest developments on this story: https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/topstories ► For the latest transfer news: https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/TransferCentre More from Sky Sports on YouTube: ► Sky Sports: http://bit.ly/SkySportsSub ► Sky Sports Boxing: http://bit.ly/SSBoxingSub ► Sky Sports Cricket: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyCricket ► Sky Sports Darts: https://bit.ly/SubSkySportsDarts ► Sky Sports Football: http://bit.ly/SSFootballSub ► Sky Sports F1: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyF1 ► Sky Sports Golf: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsGolf ► Sky Sports Premier League: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsPL ► Sky Sports Retro: http://bit.ly/SkySportsRetroSub ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skysportsnews ► X: https://x.com/SkySportsNews ► Website: https://www.skysports.com ► To enquire about licensing Sky Sports content, you can find out more here: https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/news/31754/11434270/license-sky-sports-footage Women in Afghanistan have been banned from sports since Taliban regained control in 2021; exiled women's cricketer Firooza Amiri tells Sky Sports News that an England boycott of the men's Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan "doesn't have any impact".
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Play the Game @playthegame-org.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Do you have insights, research, or ideas to shape the future of sport?💡 Play the Game 2025 invites researchers, journalists & athletes to contribute and join the debate on governance, policy & integrity in sport🗨 📢 Submit your abstract now!👇 🔗 www.playthegame.org/conferences/... #ptg2025
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Call for papers and other contributions
Play the Game invites academics, journalists, athlete representatives, sports officials, supporter groups, and other stakeholders in sport to contribute their research, knowledge, and experiences at P...
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Antoine Duval @antoineduval.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Check out my blog @verfassungsblog.de engaging with AG Ćapeta's Opinion in the #Seraing case & its implications for the #CAS. I share the AG's view on the specificities of CAS #arbitration, but think its supervision by the #CJEU should take the form of a transnational #Solange. #EUlaw #Sportslaw
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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This was just 233 days ago:
Sotomayor’s dissent in Trump v. United States: “Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority’s message today.

Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.”
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Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Another great read from @antoineduval.bsky.social this time on the AG's opinion in the Seraing case #sportslaw
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
My article "Greenwash Gold?: The Paris 2024 Olympics" was just published at Capitalism Nature Socialism (@cnsjournal.bsky.social). 50 free e-copies are available here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/REU49...
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Greenwash Gold?: The Paris 2024 Olympics
In the 1990s, the Olympic Movement started showing interest in environmental development and conservation. The International Olympic Committee, the Switzerland-based group that oversees the Olympic...
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Richard Collier @richardcollier.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
For any law followers and just in case of interest this article has just been published on wellbeing in the legal profession and the politics of wellness in law. Thanks following. Richard @hassfaculty.bsky.social #LawCare @newcastleuni.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Whose “wellbeing” are we talking about? Culture change and the politics of the legal profession’s wellness turn
Recent years have witnessed growing concern internationally in the topic of wellbeing and mental health across the legal community, an interest reflected in the emergence of a multitude of research...
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Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
This is a fantastic piece on the Super Bowl halftime show. Definitely worth a read...
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
SPORTSWASHING EXPLAINED: Minky Worden: Director of Global Initiatives at Human Rights Watch John Hird: Co-founder of Newcastle United Fans Against Sportswashing @hrw-fr.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3tjS...
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Sportswashing Explained
Rights & Wrongs · Episode
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The International Olympic Committee is part of the global authoritarian zeitgeist. Next month, the IOC will select a new president in anti-democratic secrecy, a "process more akin to a papal conclave," as one official told @tariqpanja.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/b...
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The Closed-Door Battle to Become IOC President
In perhaps the quirkiest election in sports, seven officials are vying for the powerful position of president of the International Olympic Committee.
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Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The Manchester Law School #sportslaw team are taking part in the LLM webinar on Wednesday 12 March, 1-2pm GMT. Anyone wanting more info on the LLM International Sports Law & Governance can register here: Webinar: www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr... LLM info: www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Discover postgraduate study at Manchester Met.
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Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Last call for tomorrow's open day for our new LLM International #sportslaw & governance at Manchester Law School, 10-2. Next one is Wednesday 7 May, 2-6pm. Open Day info: www.mmu.ac.uk/study/open-d... LLM info: www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Postgraduate open days
Experience postgraduate life at a Manchester Met open day – whether you’re an undergraduate, recent graduate or experienced professional.
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Somehow I find the decline of bands worrying. Solo artists and colabs are now dominating popular music while bands are nowhere to be seen. What's the cause? Source: www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/co…
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
Screenshot from "Letter from our correspondent" in "Papua New Guinea Courier"
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The order would ban trans athletes from entering the U.S. to compete in women’s sports during LA’s 2028 Summer Olympics, “with officials adding that the U.S. intends to use all of its authority with the IOC to ‘preserve safe sports for women when it happens on U.S. soil’”
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Trump to sign order that could bar trans women from US Olympic participation
White House officials argue the measures are not aimed at stopping transgender people from athletic participation, but at ensuring that they do not have a biological advantage in sports competitions.
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Bev Clough @bevclough.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
We are advertising a number of lectureships in the Law School at MMU- very happy to talk anyone interested in joining our vibrant research community manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...
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Lecturer in Law - (8085) | Manchester Metropolitan University Careers
All about Manchester Metropolitan - an exciting, modern university in the heart of one of the UK's great student cities.
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Shubham Jain @shubhamjain224.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Updated & Comprehensive estimations of Football's impact on #ClimateChange. Report contains detailed explanation of what makes #Football polluting & actionable recommendations! Need this for the entire #Sports industry! @responsiblesci.bsky.social @climateblawg.bsky.social @climateactapp.bsky.social
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Shubham Jain @shubhamjain224.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Beautiful and remarkably important coverage of the Afghan Women's XI #cricket match from #Melbourne. @traceyholmes.bsky.social speaks with players, officials and rights advocates. First time hearing some of these voices! @hergametoocricket.bsky.social #Sports #HumanRights youtu.be/TsLZX09P_uw?...
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AFGHAN WOMEN MAKE HISTORY AND THEIR CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE ICC
YouTube video by The Sports Ambassador
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/01/2025
Oh I'm sorry, are you crying? Are you crying because your plagiarism machine that made stuff by copying everybody's stuff was used to train another machine that made stuff by copying stuff? Are you going to cry? Cowards, losers, pathetic
One person close to OpenAI said that distillation was a common practice in the industry and highlighted that the company offers developers a way to do this using its own platform, but said: “The issue is when you are doing it to create your own model for your own purposes.”
DeepSeek did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Antoine Duval @antoineduval.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Very proud to be supporting the first ever conference (organised by Gujarat National Law University) focused on 'Transnational #SportsLaw from the periphery'. Spread the words & send your abstracts by 15 February! #LexSportiva #TransnationalLaw #TWAIL #GlobalSouth
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Bev Clough @bevclough.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Come and do a fully funded PhD with me and brilliant colleagues @moniquehuy.bsky.social and @suecaton.bsky.social at MMU on Navigating the Mental Capacity Act to support Sexual Decision-Making for People with Learning Disabilities www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Asser Institute @tmcasser.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
📚 New book alert! This book offers the first in-depth study of hate speech across 20+ nations, analysing national laws and case law, with insights on human rights frameworks. It explores the challenges posed by extremism and social polarization on freedom of expression. 👉 Order now.
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Shubham Jain @shubhamjain224.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The #CEDAW Committee seeks inputs for its #GenderStereotypes & #Discrimination Report. Wide scope for contributions from the #SportsEcosystem Deadline: 10.02.2025 @antoineduval.bsky.social @prof-mark-james.bsky.social @un.org #HumanRights @fairplayinitiative.bsky.social www.ohchr.org/en/events/da...
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Half-day of general discussion on gender stereotypes
During its 90th session, scheduled to be held from 3 to 21 February 2025 in Geneva, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will hold a half-day of general discussion on gende...
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