The CIS Model Law «On Paralympic Sports» as a prerequisite for the legal regulation of the protection of Paralympic athletes

The purpose and objectives. The main goal is to review the structure and content of the CIS Model Law "On Paralympic Sports", to identify the prerequisites for international legal regulation of the protection of Paralympic athletes. Methodological approach. The main methods in the work are general scientific methods and private scientific methods of cognition, among which the main one is the method of legal interpretation. Results and conclusions. The article analyzes the Model Law of the CIS "On Paralympic Sports", provides an interpretation of the main concepts in the field of Paralympic sports in the aspect of their legal status, examines the legal relations in the field of Paralympic sports between various legal entities. Originality and value it focuses on the issues of international legal regulation of the Paralympic movement at the level of the CIS-a regional international organization, and considers the Model law "On Paralympic Sport" as a universal, model law intended for all countries of the CIS, and is a model for national similar laws of legal regulation of the Paralympic movement.

Paralympic movement, protection of the rights of Paralympic athletes, Model Law, international legal regulation