Anti-Doping Rules

The Code has the same meaning as the World Anti-Doping Code and/or the Code is the legal basis of the World Anti-Doping Programme (WADA, 2021a). The Code was first adopted in 2003 and entered into force in 2004. Over time, the Code has been evaluated and revised with four amendments in 2009, 2015, 2018, and finally refined and enforced in 2021.

Fundamentally, the anti-doping programme is built on the fundamental values contained in "The Spirit of Sport", "The ethical fulfilment of human intelligence through the perfection dedicated by every natural talent of sportsmen and women" (WADA, 2021a). Thus, "The Code" and/or "Code" is intended to protect athletes from the aspects of health, human rights, fair play and other values in the fulfilment of universal harmony through the anti-doping movement.

The Code must be complied with by all "Signatories" and related parties, especially sportspersons. Signatories are countries that have made a commitment to combat doping in sport in accordance with the UNESCO Declaration adopted in Paris on 19 October 2005 (UNESCO, 2005). The Code has been established to create uniformity in anti-doping rules in sport so that all matters relating to anti-doping rules will refer to the Code. The various anti-doping programmes and regulations included in the Code include the Prohibited List, the International Standard Therapeutic Use Exemption, the International Standard for Testing and Investigation, the International Standard for Protection of Privacy and Personal Information, and the International Standard for Laboratories (Mottram, 2012:54). In addition to discussing the regulatory standards mentioned by Mottram (2012:54), the Code in effect in 2021 adds the International Standard for Education as a global anti-doping programme (WADA, 2021b:4).