WADA announces outcomes of third Compliance Review Committee meeting of 2025

MONTREAL – The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) met in-person for its third meeting of the year in Montreal, Canada on 28-29 October 2025. The CRC also held an in-camera session on 27 October to prepare, review and discuss documentation received.  The members discussed a range of important issues related to the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) Compliance Monitoring Program, namely:  The assessment of three cases of non-compliance, with recommendations to be made to the WADA Executive Committee at its next meeting during the World Conference on Doping in Sport in Busan, Korea; An update on: Current non-compliant Signatories; Signatories currently on the compliance “watchlist”; Signatories whose cases have been referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS); and Other Signatory cases in a compliance procedure. Ideas to evaluate the Compliance Monitoring Program methodology, including revisions to the Prioritization Policy and Signatory Tiers system; Received presentations from WADA’s Legal Affairs and Education departments on their compliance activities; Received an update on the new program area monitoring tool introduced by WADA in 2025 to monitor certain Signatories; and Reviewed the final draft of the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories (ISCCS), which will be presented and adopted at the World Conference on Doping in Sport. This meeting also marked the final meeting for independent member Ms. Vered Deshe, who completed her three-year term mandate. WADA and the CRC thanks Ms. Deshe for her invaluable contributions to the committee and wishes her well with her future endeavours.   The CRC is responsible for providing independent advice, guidance and recommendations to WADA Management and governing bodies on matters relating to Signatories’ compliance with the Code.   The CRC Chair, Henry Gourdji, led the discussions and will report to the next Executive Committee meeting on 2 December 2025 and Foundation Board on 5 December 2025.

Save the date1-5 December 2025 2025 World Conference on Doping in Sport17 April 2026 Play True Day 2026 2026 Regional Symposiums: Europe: Baku, Azerbaijan on 18-19 March  Africa: Cairo, Egypt on 28-29 April  Asia and Oceania: Beijing, China on 2-3 June Americas: Lima, Peru on 1-2 July

Formed in 1999, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is an international independent agency composed and funded by the Sport Movement and Governments of the world. As the global regulatory body, WADA’s primary role is to develop, harmonize and coordinate anti-doping rules and policies across all sports and countries. Our key activities include: ensuring and monitoring effective implementation of the World Anti-Doping Code and its related International Standards; scientific and social science research; education; intelligence and investigations; and, building anti-doping capacity with anti-doping organizations worldwide.