The inaugural meeting of the Sports Justice Commission took place this afternoon in the Sala Giunta of CONI at the Foro Italico. Attending the session were Andrea Abodi, Minister for Sport and Youth, CONI President Luciano Buonfiglio, CONI General Secretary Carlo Mornati, and Italian Paralympic Committee (CIP) President Marco Giunio De Sanctis.

All 13 members of the Commission, distinguished figures from both the professional and academic spheres, participated either in person or remotely: Riccardo Andriani, Stefano Arcifa, Marco Di Paola (Coordinator), Giovanni Fontana, Alberto Gambino, Pierluigi Matera, Francesca Orlando, Massimo Proto, Piero Sandulli, Raffaella Valeri, Guido Valori, Stefano Varone, and Massimo Zaccheo.

The working group has set itself the task of preparing, within a reasonable timeframe, a proposal capable of addressing the various issues that have emerged over recent years in the application and management of sports justice. This system involves numerous bodies within the CONI and CIP framework and directly affects millions of athletes and administrators at every level.

“I am very pleased to have launched this important commission alongside Minister Abodi, bringing together such highly regarded professionals,” commented President Buonfiglio. “Many of them were involved in the 2014 reform and are now preparing to update it. Let us remember that at that time there were 4.5 million registered members, while today we count between 14 and 15 million. The system has evolved, and we must adapt it to ensure transparency, independence, impartiality, and due process with appropriate timing” he concluded.