The Protection of Esports Players against the Use of Doping Substances and Methods under the European Convention on Human Rights: The Swiss Example

Esports industry has rapidly developed with huge economic interests from the sponsoring
companies. As a result, esports players attempt to use doping substances and methods to
enhance their brain performance in order to win professional esports tournaments. Thus, the
anti-doping regime in esports should be taken into account from a different perspective in the
context of traditional sports and needs to be regulated in accordance with esports practices. On
that basis, the purposes of this article are the following: (1) to clarify whether the anti-doping
regime in esports is enough to ensure human rights of esports players guaranteed by the
European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR); and (2) to consider how esports federations
should take necessary measures to protect esports players under the ECHR through the analysis
of the Swiss example. Finally, this article will refer to the author’s personal opinions on this
issue.