Macolin Convention

Why in news?

• The 12th meeting of Interpol’s Match-Fixing Task Force (IMFTF), in which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was one of the participants, concluded with a call for harmonised global efforts to curb competition manipulation.

About Macolin Convention:

• The Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, better known as the ‘Macolin Convention’, is a multilateral treaty that aims to prevent, detect, and punish match fixing in sport.
• The Macolin Convention is a legal instrument and the only rule of international law on the manipulation of sports competitions.
  • It requests public authorities to co-operate with sports organisations, betting operators and competition organisers to prevent, detect and sanction the manipulation of sports competitions.
  • It proposes a common legal framework for an efficient international cooperation to respond to this global threat.
• The Macolin Convention entered into force in  2019.

Members:

• It has been ratified by Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, the Republic of Moldova, Switzerland and Ukraine. It has been signed by 30 other European States, as well as by Australia and Morocco.

PRACTICE QUESTION

Macolin convention, recently seen in news, aims to:

(a) Address Internet and computer crime

(b) Prevent match fixing in sport

(c) Conserve migratory species

(d) Establish international legal standards for humanitarian treatment in war

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