For Power and Glory: State-Sponsored Doping and Athletes' Human Rights 13 Sports Lawyers Journal 2006

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13 Sports Law. J. 1 (2006)
For Power and Glory: State-Sponsored Doping and Athletes' Human Rights

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VOLUME 13 SPRING 2006 NUMBER 1
For Power and Glory:
State-Sponsored Doping and
Athletes' Human Rights
Nikki Dryden'
I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 2
IU. BACKGROUND ......................................................................... 5
A. The History ofDoping ........................................................... 5
B. International Sports Law and Human Rights ....................... 6
C Connecting Doping and Human Rights ................................. 8
D The Right To Play ................................................................. 10
E Right to Health in the FightAgainst Doping ...................... 12
III. ANALYSIS ...................................................................... 15
A. Human Rights Abuse in the East German Doping
Program ................................................................................ 16
B. Evidence ofHuman Rights Abuse in China Doping
Program ................................................................................ 18
C The East German Doping Program in Oh ..........Chi........... 21
D Beyond Steroids: HGH and Genetic Engineering ............... 23
IV R EM EDIES ...................................................................................... 26
A. Gernany Domestic Remedies ........................................... 26
B. TheAbsence ofDomestic Remedies in China .................... 29
1. Chinese Sports and Anti-Doping Law ........................ 29
2. Chinese Human Rights Law ........................................ 30
3. The Chinese Constitution ............................................ 31
* Nikki Dryden is a two-time Olympic swimmer who competed for Canada at the 1992
and 1996 Olympic Games. She is a graduate of Brown University and Brooklyn Law School and
is currently working for the Sri Lankan Human Rights commission and World University Service
of Canada in Colombo. The author would like to thank Professors Samuel K. Murumba and
Claire R. Kelly for their guidance, Elizabeth Bakalar and Juan Valdivieso for their comments,
Chris Martin for his absolute encouragement, Nick Thierry for the opportunity to write about
swimming, and her family for their continual support. J.D. 2005, Brooklyn Law School.