If the Sports Ethics Center requests disciplinary action, private sports organizations will be required to notify the results within three months as the system is improved.
On the 5th, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission announced that it recommended the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, the Korean Paralympic Committee, and the Sports Ethics Center to establish the "Measures to Enhance the Rational Operation of Private Sports Organizations" to create a fair sports environment.
The Sports Ethics Center receives and handles reports of human rights violations and corruption in the sports sector and then requests disciplinary action from the relevant private sports organizations. Although private sports organizations are required to impose disciplinary measures in accordance with the Sports Ethics Center's requests, they have been imposing minor penalties or delaying disciplinary decisions.
In fact, from 2020 to 2022, out of 224 disciplinary requests, only 99 disciplinary results were notified by sports organizations. Among these, 9 cases took 1 to 2 years to notify the results. In 2021, 6 disciplinary requests and in 2022, 26 disciplinary requests were not notified of the disciplinary results.
To prevent delays or inappropriate mitigation of disciplinary actions, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission mandated that the results of disciplinary requests be notified within three months, imposed an obligation to explain the reported content, and required submission of supporting documents (such as non-prosecution notices and court rulings).
Kim Tae-gyu, Vice Chairman of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, said, “With this system improvement, we expect to be able to promote policies that suppress human rights violations and corruption in the sports sector,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to improve unreasonable systems and create a fair sports environment.”
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