Updated WBSC Disciplinary By-Laws and Safeguarding Rules published

The WBSC Executive Committee unanimously approved, upon review by the Legal Commission, a revision of Disciplinary By-Laws and Safeguarding from Harassment and Abuse Rules recommended by the WBSC Integrity Unit and WBSC Safeguarding Officers to improve the protection of everyone in the international Baseball/Softball community.

The main changes are:

• Inclusion of child protection
• Inclusion of online protection
• Clarification on the scope of application
• Clarification on procedure of case management and responsibilities
• Clarification on our appealing procedures
• Appendices (incl. Official Reporting Form, Flow Chart and Guidelines)

Through these amendments and the recent announcement of #Safecall Guidelines, the WBSC Integrity Unit expects to provide a clearer and more coherent procedure to support those in need including how the Integrity Unit plays a crucial role in providing education and taking care of reports.

The #Safecall Guidelines will be presented to athletes, officials and everyone involved in WBSC events by dedicated Safeguarding Officers to ensure participants have a safe environment to perform in.

The appointed Safeguarding Officers recently attended two internal workshops to review recent changes in the procedure and to provide a standardised approach in all WBSC events in 2023.

The WBSC has appointed a Safeguarding Officer to its events since 2018.

All the Disciplinary By-Laws and Safeguarding Rules updates are available for download from the Integrity Unit section on WBSC.org. The WBSC #Safecall Guidelines are available in 13 languages.