ПРОЦЕССУАЛЬНОЕ ПОЛОЖЕНИЕ ИНФОРМАТОРА ВСЕМИРНОГО АНТИДОПИНГОВОГО АГЕНТСТВА (ВАДА)

Abstract

The well-known anti-doping investigations of the last decade led to the disqualification from participation in the Olympics not only of individual athletes who were convicted of taking illegal drugs, but entire sports federations, the national anti-doping agencies were deprived of their accreditation. Bringing to justice a wide range of individuals not directly related to the use of doping requires a new approach to evidence as such and to the way it is presented. The purpose of this study is to study the status and procedural situation of WADA whistleblowers – the persons on whose testimony most of the investigations were based. The authors analyze the distinctive procedural features of informants and a set of requirements for information provided by informants. The article discusses the issue of mixing the statuses of a witness and an accomplice in the formation of approaches to determining the informant, with the legal consequences arising from these statuses. The authors note that WADA, as an international organization, does not have the functionality to ensure the protection of a whistle-blower from domestic persecution, for this reason, national law enforcement agencies play the main role in protecting whistleblowers. The extent and form of protection also depends on the status of anti-doping investigations and the assessment of doping as an offense punishable by criminal proceedings, civil or administrative.