COMPOSITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT
(ICAS) FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 2019 – 31 DECEMBER 2022
THE PERMANENT CAS ANTI-DOPING DIVISION READY TO OPERATE –
REVISED CAS RULES IN FORCE AS FROM 1 JANUARY 2019
Lausanne, 28 December 2018 – The International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS), the governing body of the
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), manages the administration and finances of CAS and is composed of twenty
international judges, professors or lawyers active in the judiciary, international arbitration and/or sports administration.
The members for the next four-year term from January 2019 until December 2022 are:
Nominated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC):
Justice Yvonne Mokgoro (South Africa), former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa (chosen from
outside the IOC membership)
Judge Patrick Robinson (Jamaica), new, judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague (chosen from outside the IOC membership)
Dr Elisabeth Steiner (Austria), new, attorney at law, former judge at the European Court of Human Rights (chosen
from outside the IOC membership)
Judge Hanqin Xue (China), Vice President of the International Court of Justice in The Hague (chosen from outside the IOC membership)
Nominated by the Association of National Olympic Committee (ANOC):
Dr Abdullah Al Hayyan (Kuwait), professor of law (chosen from outside the ANOC membership)
Mr John Coates (Australia), lawyer, ICAS President, President Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) (chosen from
within the ANOC membership)
Prof. Giulio Napolitano (Italy), new, attorney at law (chosen from outside the ANOC membership)
One position vacant
Nominated by the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF):
Mr Antonio Arimany (Spain), new, lawyer, Secretary General International Triathlon Union (ITU) (chosen from
within the ASOIF membership)
Mr Mikael Rentsch (Switzerland/Sweden), new, Legal Director Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) (chosen
from within the ASOIF membership)
Prof. Enrique Arnaldo Alcubilla (Spain), new, professor of law (chosen from within the ASOIF membership)
Nominated by Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF):
Ms Corinne Schmidhauser (Switzerland), President CAS Appeals Division, Olympian, lawyer and sports
administrator (chosen from outside the AIOWF membership)
Athletes’ representatives:
Ms Tjasa Andrée-Prosenc (Slovenia), ICAS Vice-President, former figure skater, attorney at law, sports
administrator
Ms Moya Dodd (Australia), former footballer, lawyer, sports administrator
Mr Michael Lenard (USA), ICAS Vice-President, Olympian, former handball athlete, lawyer, sports administrator
Ms Tricia Smith (Canada), Olympian, former rower, lawyer, sports administrator
Personalities independent of the bodies designating the other members of the ICAS:
Mr Ivo Eusebio (Switzerland), President CAS Anti-Doping Division, Federal Judge (retired)
Ms Ellen Gracie Northfleet (Brazil), attorney, former Chief Justice of the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court
Ms Carole Malinvaud (France), President CAS Ordinary Division, international and commercial arbitration specialist
Mr Yves Rüedi (Switzerland), new, Judge at the Swiss Federal Tribunal (Criminal Division)
Elections for the positions of ICAS President, Vice-Presidents, Division Presidents and their deputies will be held in
May 2019.
Furthermore, the ICAS has created or renewed three commissions:
Challenge Commission (new; chaired by Justice Ellen Gracie Northfleet and composed of the 3 Division Presidents
and the 3 Deputy Presidents, less the President and Deputy of the Division concerned by the specific procedure for
challenge), which will handle the petitions for challenge raised against CAS arbitrators.
Legal Aid Commission (renewed; composed of the ICAS President and of the four ICAS members nominated as
athletes’ representatives), which shall rule on requests for legal aid filed by physical persons who do not have the
financial means to proceed before the CAS.
Membership Commission (renewed; chaired by Federal Judge Yves Rüedi and composed of Ms Tricia Smith and the three Division Presidents), which shall review the lists of CAS arbitrators and mediators, as well as the candidatures of potential new CAS members.
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In application of the recommendation of the Olympic Summit in 2017 and 2018, a new CAS Division will start to
operate as of January 2019: the permanent CAS Anti-Doping Division (CAS ADD) which will manage first-instance
(or sole instance) procedures relating to anti-doping matters which will be delegated to the CAS ADD by sports
organizations signatories to the World Anti-Doping Code.
Mr John Coates, ICAS President, said: "The establishment of the CAS Anti-Doping Division is a major step in the
continuing evolution of CAS. It’s independence as an adjudicatory tribunal ensures a proper separation of powers
from the Independent Testing Authority (ITA) and other testing and prosecutorial bodies. It offers experienced antidoping sole arbitrators at first instance with right of appeal, or as three person first and final panels if the parties
agree to waive any appeal. The costs of the sole arbitrator procedures will be borne by the Olympic Movement for up
to four cases per Olympic IF per annum or are free of charge in the case of three person panels."
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As a consequence of the above-mentioned changes, the Code of Sports-related Arbitration has been amended and its new edition, published on the CAS website, www.tas-cas.org, will be applicable as from 1 January 2019. This new
version also includes a provision regarding the possibility for CAS to hold public hearings, following the recent
decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the cases Pechstein & Mutu v/ Switzerland.
The CAS is an independent institution, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, involved in resolving legal disputes in the
field of sport through arbitration and mediation. CAS jurisdiction is recognized by all Olympic sports federations and
many non-Olympic federations. The CAS registers around 600 cases each year.
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