<p class="reg-lead">Athlete portrait photograph requirements, International Judo Federation.</p>
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<h2>What the document does</h2>
<p>Technical specifications for the official athlete photograph to be registered in the federation's systems. It is an operational document; together with the <strong>Accreditation and Access Guide</strong> it forms part of the registration procedure for a delegation.</p>
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IJF Athletes' Portrait Photo Requirements

<p class="reg-lead">The International Judo Federation Event Organisation Guide (EOG).</p>
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<h2>What the document does</h2>
<p>This is the same document that the <strong>Sports and Organisation Rules</strong> refer to as the EOG in their list of abbreviations. It is the organiser's practical guide, converting what the rules establish at the level of principle into an operational checklist: the venue, equipment, accommodation, transport and match-day procedures.</p>
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International Judo Federation Event Organisation Guide (EOG)

<p class="reg-lead">The International Judo Federation's event risk assessment system.</p>
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<h2>What the document does</h2>
<p>It is a risk assessment tool for event organisers. In liability claims arising from an incident, the decisive question is usually whether the foreseeable risk was assessed and addressed; this document supplies the standard for that assessment and is read alongside the <strong>insurance and civil liability</strong> provision of the sporting and organisational regulations.</p>
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IJF Event Risk Assessment System

<p class="reg-lead">Model protocol for the military and police commission of the International Judo Federation.</p>
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<h2>What does the document do?</h2>
<p>It is a template that national federations may use to conclude agreements with the military and law-enforcement bodies of their country. It is read alongside the <strong>Memorandum of Understanding between the International Judo Federation and the International Military Sports Council (CISM)</strong>, which is the overarching framework for this same cooperation.</p>
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IJF Medical and Police Commission Protocol Template

<p class="reg-lead">IJF Sport and Organisation Rules, version 14 August 2026 — the reference text for staging IJF events and for who may take part in them.</p>
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<tr><td>Version</td><td><b>14 August 2026</b> — replaces the version of 24 July 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extent</td><td>298 pages, thirteen chapters and seven appendices</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>In force</strong></td></tr>
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<h2>What the SOR governs</h2>
<p>The SOR is the largest and most frequently used IJF instrument, turning what the Statutes set at the level of principle into operating rules: eligibility, nationality, entries and accreditation, weigh-in, competition systems, world ranking lists, judogi rules, refereeing rules, and the medical and anti-doping handbook. Unlike the Statutes, it is revised often — this version replaces one published less than a month earlier.</p>
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<h2>Athlete nationality and changing it<span class="reg-tag">section 1.7</span></h2>
<p>An athlete must hold the nationality of the federation entering them, evidenced by a valid passport; an athlete with several citizenships may compete for only one country.</p>
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<li><b class="t">The three-year rule</b>An athlete who has represented a country at the Olympic Games, world, continental or regional championships, or events on the IJF calendar may represent a new country only after <strong>three years</strong> have passed since last representing the former one.</li>
<li><b class="t">Shortening it</b>The IJF may shorten or waive the three years — but only on the <strong>written agreement of both national federations</strong> and with a passport for the new country. The authority is Rule 41 of the Olympic Charter and its Bye-law.</li>
<li><b class="t">The filing deadline</b>A request tied to a specific event must reach the IJF <strong>21 days before that event's registration deadline</strong>; later than that, the IJF gives no assurance it will be processed in time.</li>
<li><b class="t">Exclusions</b>Veterans, military and kata competitors who appear on no world ranking list fall outside the rule and may change sporting nationality at any time on producing a passport.</li>
<li><b class="t">Refugee status</b>Separate routes exist for athletes holding official refugee status and for the IJF Refugee Team, where a refugee travel document or photographic identity plus an IJF authorisation letter stands in for the passport.</li>
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<p>Referee nationality runs a parallel regime of its own at section 1.8.</p>
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<h2>Power of amendment</h2>
<p>The IJF states expressly that it may amend its rules "in a reasonable manner at any time" and notify members "by any method as the IJF deems appropriate" — email, website publication, or a declaration at a meeting. For anyone citing the SOR, that makes the version date part of the citation: a reference to "the SOR" without one points at a moving text.</p>
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IJF Sport and Organisation Rules (SOR) — version 14 August 2026

<p class="reg-lead">Olympic Games Judo Requirements, edition of 10 June 2026; what the International Judo Federation requires of the Games organising committee.</p>
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<tr><td>Edition</td><td><b>10 June 2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>27 pages</td></tr>
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<h2>What the document does</h2>
<p>This document is addressed to the <strong>host</strong>, not to the athlete: chapter by chapter, it sets out the International Judo Federation's requirements for staging the judo competitions at the Olympic Games — from legacy strategy and accommodation through to the other operational requirements.</p>
<p>Its legal significance lies in the host contracts: the organising committee's obligations towards the international federation derive from this document, and disputes over the performance of those obligations are referred back to this text.</p>
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Olympic Games Judo Requirements (IJF) — 10 June 2026

<p class="reg-lead">Judo Qualification System for the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028, edition of 12 May 2026.</p>
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<h2>What the document does</h2>
<p>It determines how the judo quota places for the 2028 Olympic Games are allocated, and on the basis of which ranking and which competitions. For a national federation it is the most important four-year planning document, and any dispute over a quota place begins with the interpretation of this text.</p>
<p>⚠️ One point: the International Judo Federation has published a more recent version dated <strong>26 May 2026</strong>, which to date is available <strong>in French only</strong>. What appears here is the latest English version, and this difference must be borne in mind when citing it.</p>
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Qualification System – Games of the XXXIV Olympiad – Los Angeles 2028 – Judo (IJF) - 12 May 2026 edition

<p class="reg-lead">Guidelines on the Return to Competition of Athletes After Pregnancy, International Judo Federation — 20 April 2026.</p>
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<h2>What the document does</h2>
<p>It establishes the medical and sporting framework for an athlete's return to competition after pregnancy. It is a document with direct legal consequences: the preservation of a place in the world ranking list and of a quota during the period of absence is a matter that, absent a written rule, leads to disputes. The Sports and Organisation Rules also refer to this matter in article 1.1.2.</p>
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IJF Guidelines on the Return of Athletes to Competition after Pregnancy - 20 April 2026 edition

<p class="reg-lead">Flag Reference Guide, April 2026 edition; the International Judo Federation's reference document for the flags of member federations.</p>
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<h2>What the document does</h2>
<p>An eighty-two-page document recording the official flag of each member national federation with precise visual specifications, so that the correct flag is used, in the correct form, at medal ceremonies and in the display of results. The document is technical and pictorial and carries no direct legal weight, but it is the reference for resolving disputes in cases where the incorrect display of a flag leads to a formal protest.</p>
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IJF Flag Reference Guide - April 2026 edition

<p class="reg-lead">Kata Judges Guidelines, March 2026 edition; the International Judo Federation's expectations of judges at kata competitions.</p>
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<h2>What the document does</h2>
<p>A six-page document of the Kata Commission setting out what is expected of a kata judge — that is, the layer that translates the "evaluation criteria" into the judge's practical conduct at the side of the tatami. In a challenge to the result of a kata competition, these three documents are cited together: the evaluation criteria for what deducts points, these guidelines for how the judge is to act, and the organisation handbook for the conditions of the competition itself.</p>
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IJF Kata Judges Guide - March 2026 edition

<p class="reg-lead">Mission, Role and Function of the Inclusion Commission of the International Judo Federation — 17 February 2026.</p>
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<h2>What does this document do?</h2>
<p>It is the terms of reference of the Inclusion Commission — the document that determines the scope of authority and responsibility of this body. It is read alongside the <strong>Gender Equality Policy</strong> and the <strong>Safeguarding Policy</strong>.</p>
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Mission, Role and Function of the IJF Inclusion Commission - 17 February 2026

<p class="reg-lead">Judo Refereeing Rules, edition of 21 January 2026; Appendix D to the Sports and Organisation Rules of the International Judo Federation.</p>
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<tr><td>Edition</td><td><b>21 January 2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>68 pages</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong></td></tr>
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<h2>What this document governs</h2>
<p>This text is the refereeing appendix to the <strong>Sports and Organisation Rules (SOR)</strong>, and the document states that all refereeing matters fall to the Refereeing Commission of the International Judo Federation. After a chapter on the culture, history and principles of refereeing come the main articles: referees and officials (Article 1), the position and duty of the referee (Article 2), the role of non-officiating referees (Article 3), <strong>gestures</strong> (Article 4), valid areas (Article 5) and duration of the contest (Article 6) — which expressly provides for the athlete's right to ten minutes' rest between two contests.</p>
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<h2>Why it matters in a case</h2>
<p>Challenges to refereeing decisions are among the most frequent subjects of dispute at events. This document determines who has competence to decide and how that decision is announced; and because it is an appendix to the SOR, it must be cited together with the main text and with the edition number stated.</p>
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International Regulations

IJF Athletes' Portrait Photo Requirements

International Judo Federation Event Organisation Guide

IJF Event Risk Assessment System

IJF Medical and Police Commission Protocol Template

IJF Sport and Organisation Rules — version 14 August 2026

Olympic Games Judo Requirements — 10 June 2026

Qualification System – Games of the XXXIV Olympiad – Los Angeles 2028 – Judo - 12 May

IJF Guidelines on the Return of Athletes to Competition after Pregnancy - 20 April

IJF Flag Reference Guide

IJF Kata Judges Guide

Mission, Role and Function of the IJF Inclusion Commission - 17 February 2026

International Judo Federation Refereeing Rules — Appendix to the IJF Sport and Organisation Rules — 21 January