<p class="reg-lead">FIBA Safeguarding Policy, in force from 2 December 2022.</p>
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<tr><td>In force</td><td><b>2 December 2022</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>13 pages</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong></td></tr>
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<h2>What this policy governs</h2>
<p>The document is founded on the <strong>International Olympic Committee Consensus Statement on Harassment and Abuse (Non-Accidental Violence) in Sport</strong> of 2016. That statement records that the risk of accidental injury in sport is recognised, whereas the adverse effect of <strong>non-accidental violence</strong> on athlete health has received less attention, while all forms of harassment and abuse breach human rights and may constitute criminal offences — and that sport organisers therefore bear a <strong>legal and ethical duty of care</strong>.</p>
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<h2>Key points</h2>
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<li><b class="t">Zero-tolerance policy</b>In this document FIBA declares a position of <strong>zero tolerance</strong> towards any form of harassment, discrimination or abuse.</li>
<li><b class="t">Scope of application</b>The policy's aim is that basketball be a safe and positive experience for everyone involved, <strong>regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity and social origin, religion, and level of ability or disability</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Duty of care as a legal basis</b>The text treats the responsibility as not merely ethical but <strong>legal</strong> — a point of direct significance in liability claims against an organiser or a club.</li>
<li><b class="t">Equality and diversity</b>The document places equality and diversity at the centre of FIBA's values and counts the prohibition of discrimination as part of safeguarding, not as a separate matter.</li>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For national federations and clubs, this policy is the benchmark for assessing the adequacy of preventive measures. In harassment and abuse cases, the absence of reporting and follow-up mechanisms at national level may itself become a subject of assessment.</p>
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FIBA Safeguarding Policy 2022