Rights and Responsibilities Under the Code

Rights & Responsibilities

Athletes, Athlete Support Personnel and other groups who are subject to anti-doping rules all have rights and responsibilities under the World Anti-Doping Code (Code). Part Three of the Code outlines these for each stakeholder in the anti-doping system.

Athletes’ Rights

The Athletes’ Anti-Doping Rights Act sets out these rights and responsibilities. For more information, you can refer directly to the document here: Athletes’ Anti-Doping Rights Act. Athlete rights include:

• Equality of opportunity
• Equitable and Fair Testing programs
• Medical treatment and protection of health rights
• Right to justice
• Right to accountability
• Whistleblower rights
• Right to education
• Right to data protection
• Rights to compensation
• Protected Persons Rights
• Rights during a Sample Collection Session
• Right to B sample analysis
• Other rights and freedoms not affected
• Application and standing

Athletes’ Responsibilities

It is equally important that athletes are aware of their anti-doping responsibilities. Athlete Support Personnel should also familiarise themselves with these in order to be able to support their athletes. These include:

• Not working with coaches, trainers, physicians or other Athlete Support Personnel who are ineligible on account of an ADRV, or who have been criminally convicted or disciplined in relation to doping (see WADA’s Prohibited Association List).

Further details of these roles and responsibilities can be found in Code Art. 21.1.

Athletes also have specific rights and responsibilities during the Doping Control Process. Please refer to this section for more information on this.

Roles & Responsibilities of Athlete Support Personnel and other groups

Like athletes, Athlete Support Personnel and others under the jurisdiction of International Pencak Silat Federation also have roles and responsibilities as per the Code. These include:

• Being knowledgeable of anti-doping policies and rules which are applicable to you or the athlete(s) you support.
• Using your influence on athlete values and behaviours to foster anti-doping attitudes.
• Complying with all anti-doping policies and rules which are applicable to you and the athlete(s) you support.
• Cooperating with the athlete testing program.
• Disclosing to International Pencak Silat Federation and their NADO whether you have committed any Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) within the previous ten years.
• Cooperating with anti-doping organisations investigating ADRVs.

Further details of these roles and responsibilities can be found in Code Art. 21.2 and 21.3.