ABOUT THE COMMITTEE

The International Olympic Committee is the sports governing body of the modern Olympic Movement. As the guardian of the Olympic Games, it coordinates collaboration between Olympic stakeholders, such as athletes, National Olympic Committee, International Sports Federations, Organising Committees and Media Rights-Holders.

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The mission of the International Olympic Committee includes, among others objectives, to encourage and support the promotion of ethics and good governance in sport; to support the education of youth through sport; to ensure that the spirit of fair play prevails and violence is avoided; to encourage and support the organization, development, and coordination of sport and sports competitions; to cooperate with competent public or private organizations and authorities endeavouring to place sport at the service of humanity and thereby to promote peace; to take action to strengthen the unity, independence, political neutrality, and autonomy of the Olympic Movement; to protect clean athletes and the integrity of sport, by leading the fight against doping, and by taking action against all forms of manipulation of competitions and related corruption and To oppose any political or commercial abuse of sport and athletes.

Established in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin, the International Olympic Committee consists of 104 active members and 45 honorary members. Delegates will represent those members in the IOC Session, the supreme decision-making body of the Committee. The IOC Session is responsible for adopting and amending the Olympic Charter, electing host cities of the Olympic Games, and selecting the president, vice presidents and other members of the Executive Board. The working procedure of the Committee will be led by the Committee Directors. Delegates in the must write a position paper for the announced topics and submit it to the MUNLawS Academic team. Position papers will be reviewed and scored by the Academic team and shall greatly contribute to the final scores of delegates, upon which Committee awards will be based. Instructions on how to write the position paper are published on this website. Failure to follow these instructions or to meet the deadline for the submission of the position papers will result in negative points for the position paper. All delegates shall present their opening statements on the discussed topic after setting the agenda. Once every delegate presents their opening statement, which must not exceed 2 minutes, a general speakers list will be established and the floor shall be open to points or motions, as described in the General Rules of Procedure. Delegates recognized from the general speakers' list shall have no more than one and a half minute to address the Committee.​
 

The main goal of the Committee is to adopt a Resolution or/and Amend the IOC Charter. Issues that have not been discussed during formal debate may not be included in the Resolution or an Amendment. Every delegate shall read the General Rules of Procedure prior to the start of the MUNLawS Conference for a further detailed description of the procedure

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