“It Must Be Independent” – Holmqvist on IHF’s New Court of Arbitration

"If independence is lost, credibility is gone," says Swedish lawyer and IHF Council member Jörgen Holmqvist. As the International Handball Federation moves to establish its own Court of Arbitration, Holmqvist insists that the new...

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