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NHL players deserve rights that protect their interests as workers. This declaration sets the standard for fairness, freedom, and dignity in hockey, on and off the ice.
Every player has the right to a sporting environment that is well governed, free of corruption, manipulation and cheating, and protects, respects and guarantees the fundamental human rights of everyone involved in or affected by sport, including the player.
Every player has the right to access and pursue sport as a career and profession based solely on merit.
Every player who is a minor is entitled to the opportunity to freely pursue sport in an inclusive, adapted, and safe manner, and to have his or her rights as a child protected, respected, and guaranteed.
Every player has the right to work and the free choice of employment as an athlete, and to move freely in pursuit of that work and employment.
Every player has the right to share fairly in the economic activity and wealth of his or her sport, which players have helped generate.
To achieve fully his or her human potential and personality, every player has the right to an education and the pursuit of work and life beyond sport supplemented by the resources of the sport.
Every player has the right to a private life, privacy, and protection in relation to the collection, storage, and transfer of personal data.
Every player is entitled to have his or her name, image, and performance protected. A player’s name, image, and performance may only be commercially utilized with his or her consent, voluntarily given.
Every player has the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
Every player has the right to the protection of the law and equality before it.
Every player is entitled to due process including, where charged, to the presumption of innocence. Any penalty must be lawful, proportionate and just.
Every player is entitled to have any dispute resolved through an impartial and expeditious grievance mechanism in which the player has an equal say in the appointment of the grievance panel, arbitrator or other decision-making person or body. His or her sport must ensure he or she is provided with access to an effective remedy where his or her rights under this Declaration have not been protected or respected.
Every player has a duty to respect the rights of his or her fellow players under this Declaration, and to respect the fundamental human rights of everyone involved with or affected by sport.