The Biathlon Integrity Unit and the new IBU Integrity Code.
were established at the Extraordinary IBU Congress in Munich in October 2019.
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The new IBU Constitution provides for a new IBU Integrity Code, which incorporates and strengthens the current ethics code (including, for example, in dealing with conflicts of interest) and adds new safeguarding rules, rules against competition manipulation, and rules for candidates for IBU office and for bidders for IBU events and rights. The new IBU Integrity Code also incorporates and strengthens the current IBU Anti-Doping Rules and adds important new powers to investigate, prosecute and sanction suspected violations of the Integrity Code.
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The new IBU Constitution establishes a new Biathlon Integrity Unit (BIU), replacing the current IBU Ethics Commission. It is a new specialised unit that is responsible for investigating and prosecuting violations of the Integrity Code, and for ensuring that the IBU complies with its obligations under the World Anti-Doping Code and with its other governance and ethical compliance obligations set out in the Constitution and the Rules.
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The new IBU Constitution will require all persons elected or appointed or nominated for election or appointment as IBU staff or as members of the IBU Executive Board or an IBU Committee to be vetted to ensure they meet specified eligibility criteria. The vetting will be carried out by the independent members of the BIU Board in accordance with new Vetting Rules.
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The new Constitution provides that allegations by the BIU of anti-doping rule violations will be adjudicated by the new Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) (replacing the current IBU Anti-Doping Hearing Panel) and that allegations by the BIU of non-doping violations will be adjudicated by the CAS Ordinary Division. The agreement between CAS and BIU was signed on 29 October 2019.
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The BIU will operate independently of the IBU Executive Board and IBU staff. It will have its own Board to oversee its operations, made up of three independent experts with experience in sports governance/integrity matters, as well as two non-voting members (a nominated IBU Executive Board member and the Head of the BIU). The inaugural meeting of the BIU board took place on 20 October right after the conclusion of the Extraordinary IBU Congress in Munich (GER).
Biathlon Integrity Unit Board
Louise Reilly
(chair) is an Irish barrister specialising in sports law and international arbitration, with extensive experience in relation to sports integrity matters (including anti- doping and other disciplinary matters) and governance.
Alex Marshall
is the head of the Anti-Corruption Unit of the International Cricket Council (ICC), which focuses on preventing corruption in world cricket through education, intelligence, investigation, prosecution, and disruption
Markus Hauptmann
is a German lawyer and partner (since 2000) at leading international law firm White & Case in Frankfurt. Mr Hauptmann’s main practice areas are corporate, mergers & acquisitions, compliance, and sports law.
Dr. Franz Steinle
is a member of the IBU’s Executive Board, President of the German Ski Federation DSV and used to work as a judge of the high state court in Stuttgart (GER). He will serve as link between IBU Executive Board and Biathlon Integrity Unit Board to communicate updates and working processes between the two Boards. (non-voting rights member of BIU Board)
Sarah Fussek-Hakkarainen
is the IBU Interim Anti-Doping Manager and has been appointed Acting Head of the Biathlon Integrity Unit. (non-voting rights member of BIU Board)
Integrity Reporting
If you would like to report a suspected breach of any governance, ethics or integrity regulations or provisions of the IBU, you can use the form below to report details, email [email protected] or call +44(0) 207 034 3404 to leave a confidential message.
Any material reported will be treated in strict confidence. The information may be processed through a third-party provider, but will be seen by Global Sports Investigations and the Biathlon Integrity Unit only (and not by the IBU unless with your express consent) and will be used solely for the investigation and follow-up related to any integrity issues reported. Your identity will not be disclosed to anyone except the Global Sports Investigations and Biathlon Integrity Unit professionals responsible for following up on your report, unless you provide explicit consent for it to be disclosed to someone else.
We encourage you to leave contact details so that complaints can be followed up in consultation with the reporter. However, if you wish to remain anonymous, you are welcome to do so. We will only contact you to discuss the matter reported and not in relation to marketing or anything else at all.