FIBA’s Legal Commission meets for the first time in 2019- 2023 cycle

MIES (Switzerland) – FIBA’s Legal Commission held a one-day meeting at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball on Tuesday, February 11, chaired by Mr Edgar Francisco. 

The newly formed Legal Commission consists of 14 members, and FIBA’s Secretary General, Andreas Zagklis, was in attendance, along with the FIBA legal department. 

The main focus of the meeting was to discuss FIBA’s internal regulations and other governance-related matters.  

Chairman Edgar Francisco said: "I am very happy to chair this commission, which sees eight new members with excellent experience who have all contributed significantly in today’s discussions. We are grateful for the Legal Commission’s important guidance on the revisions to FIBA’s regulations aimed at enhancing our capacity to protect players’ safety, health and welfare, as well the integrity of the sport of basketball."

The duties of the Legal Commission include:

To provide independent and impartial advice on all legal matters concerning the practice of basketball worldwide To study the legal implications of all proposed amendments to the General Statutes and Internal Regulations of FIBA To draft the official text of the Internal Regulations of FIBA, taking into account any input of the other bodies concerned, and to finalize this text before submitting it to the Central Board for approval To advise the Secretary General, the Central Board, and the Executive Committee on matters pertaining to the interpretation of these current General Statutes, Internal Regulations and all other matters, in particular eligibility. To make recommendations on possible improvements to FIBA’s governance and organization To review and monitor the relationship between FIBA, the Regional Offices, and its Zones To monitor the relationship between FIBA and its national member federations and provide advice to the Secretary General for appropriate action when requested and required To monitor the evolution of the statutes and internal regulations of the national member federations and to draw up proposals for their improvement and alignment with these General Statutes and the Internal Regulations of FIBA To review applications for memberships [/unordered]

FIBA’s Legal Commission for 2019 – 2023 consists of:

Chairman
Mr Edgar Francisco (PHI)

Deputy Chairman
Dr Yum E. Ramos Perales (PUR)

Members
Mr Samuel Ahmedu (NGR)
Mr Nader Alawadhi (BRN)
Mr Richard Buchanan (USA)
Ms Mabel Ching (HKG) 
Mr Jean-Pierre Delchef (BEL)
Mr Sofiane Jeribi (TUN)
Mr Justas Kalinauskas (LTU)
Ms Amelie Moine-Girin (FRA)
Mr Chris Patterson (NZL)
Ms Eleonora Rangelova (BUL)
Mr David Reid (AUS)
Mr Ruben Uruena (ARG)

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