The Court Of Arbitration For Sport (CAS) Opens Two Temporary Offices In Japan For The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is preparing to open two temporary offices in Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (the Games). The first, the CAS Ad Hoc Division, will resolve any legal disputes that arise during the Games. This temporary tribunal has operated at every edition of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games since 1996, as well as at other major sporting events. The CAS Ad hoc Division will be able to render decisions within 24 hours in case of urgent matters.

The second temporary office is a section of the CAS Anti-Doping Division which will be in charge of anti-doping-related matters arising during the Games as a first-instance authority. This structure, in operation for the third time since its inauguration at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, will handle potential doping cases referred to it by the International Testing Agency (ITA) in accordance with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Anti-doping Rules.

Thanks to the kind cooperation of the Japan International Dispute Resolution Center (JIDRC), which has made its facilities available for the CAS operations in Tokyo, the CAS Ad hoc Division and the CAS ADD will be able to guarantee free access to high quality dispute resolution services conducted within a timeframe consistent with the competition schedule. However, due to the current sanitary measures in force in Tokyo during the period of the Games, CAS hearings will have to be conducted by video-conference.

The CAS Ad hoc Division for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is composed as follows:

President: Mr Michael Lenard OLY, USA

Co-President: Dr Elisabeth Steiner, Austria

Co-President: Prof. Giulio Napolitano, Italy

Arbitrators (in alphabetical order):

Mr Juan Pablo Arriagada, Chile
The Hon. Annabelle Bennett, Australia
Ms Carine Dupeyron, France
Prof. Luigi Fumagalli, Italy
Prof. Song Lu, China
Mr Francisco Müssnich, Brazil
Mr Manfred Nan, Netherlands
Ms Thi My Dung Nguyen, Vietnam
Dr Ismail Selim, Egypt
Ms Yasna Stavreva, Bulgaria

The procedural rules applicable to the CAS Ad Hoc Division are available on the CAS website:

https://www.tas-cas.org/en/arbitration/ad-hoc-division.html

The CAS Anti-Doping Division for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is composed as follows:

President: Mr Ivo Eusebio, Switzerland

Co-President: Mr David W. Rivkin, USA

Arbitrators (in alphabetical order):

Ms Susan Ahern, Ireland
Mr Daniel Brent, USA
Mr Patrice Brunet, Canada
Mr Pekka Ilmivalta, Finland
The Hon. Dr. Tricia Kavanagh, Australia
Prof. Matthew Mitten, USA

The procedural rules for the CAS Anti-doping Division are available on the CAS website: https://www.tas-cas.org/en/add/rules-tokyo-2020-cas-add.html

The Division Presidents and arbitrators have been selected by the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS), an independent body, under the aegis of which the CAS operates. The Division Presidents and arbitrators selected to participate in these special CAS structures are all experienced lawyers, judges or professors specialized in sports law, anti-doping regulations and arbitration. In order to limit the presence of CAS representatives in Tokyo to the minimum necessary, some of the Division presidents and arbitrators will work remotely.

The offices will be headed by the CAS Director General, Mr Matthieu Reeb. Both CAS offices will operate from 13 July 2021 until 8 August 2021.

Opening times for both offices are:

13 July – 8 August 2021 : 8h30 - 18h00

CAS Ad hoc Division

Japan International Dispute Resolution Centre

Room C

Toranomon Hills Business Tower, 5th Floor

1-17-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo

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CAS Anti-Doping Division

Japan International Dispute Resolution Centre

Room B