INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (ICAS) 2022 Annual Report and Financial Statements

July 2023

We publish below the Table of Contents and the Messages of the ICAS President, John Coates, and the CAS Secretary General, Matthieu Reeb.

The rest of this important Report may be accessed by logging onto: ‘https://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ICAS_Annual_Report_2022..pdf’

Contents

Message from the ICAS President.......................................................................................... 3

Message from the CAS Director General............................................................................... 4

Organizational Overview........................................................................................................ 5

The International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS)..................................................... 6

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)............................................................................. 11

The CAS Ad Hoc Divisions................................................................................................. 13

The CAS Anti-Doping Division (CAS ADD)...................................................................... 15

Statistics ............................................................................................................................... 16

ICAS Financial Statements 2022.......................................................................................... 20

Message from the ICAS President

I am particularly proud to have been at the helm of ICAS during 2022 which was arguably the most transformative year in the history of ICAS and CAS.

It was a great pleasure to see the building and renovation work at the Palais de Beaulieu conclude in the first quarter of 2022, as well as to see both the staff and the users of CAS enjoying the modern and state of the art premises. For the first time in its history, CAS has a dedicated, purpose-built, home that is adapted to its needs. ICAS had the pleasure of hosting the inauguration in June 2022 in the presence of officials from the sports and arbitration world, as well as from the authorities of Switzerland, the Canton de Vaud and the City of Lausanne. I repeat again here my thanks to the Canton and to the City of Lausanne for their full support from the very beginning to the end of this major step in the history of CAS.

Elsewhere, I oversaw amendments to the composition of ICAS which recognised the consistently high proportion of the CAS case load related to football disputes. ICAS voted to amend the wording of Article S4 of the Code of Sports-related Arbitration to increase its membership from 20 to 22. For the new four-year ICAS term 2023-2026, ASOIF, the umbrella body for summer international sports federations, has appointed three ICAS members to represent football’s governing body, FIFA, the leagues and the clubs, and a further ICAS member has been appointed to safeguard the interests of football’s players.

Another important transformation in 2022 was the evolution of the ICAS Legal Aid Commission into the ICAS Athletes’ Commission. This body is now composed solely of the ICAS members appointed to safeguard the interests of athletes and will have a broader mandate while at the same time managing the legal aid applications filed with the two legal aid funds, one dedicated to football cases and one to all other cases.

As usual, I was in regular contact with the ICAS members and the CAS Director General throughout the year. The ICAS Board met twice and the full ICAS also met twice. At its last meeting in December 2022, the composition of ICAS for the next four-year term 2023-2026 was established. I was humbled to be reappointed to ICAS by ANOC and honoured to be re-elected recently to serve as ICAS/CAS President for another term. I very much look forward to working with the members of ICAS, new and existing, over the next four years.

John Coates AC President International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS)

Message from the CAS Director General

Reflecting on 2022, the first accomplishment that I must note is the completion of the works at the new CAS headquarters at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne and the move to the new premises that took place in the Spring of 2022. I was deeply involved in the project and am proud of the result. Writing this message almost a year later, it has been a great satisfaction to see the staff take up their new quarters, to welcome CAS members and parties to arbitrations and mediations, as well as students and wider members of the sports and legal communities to educational events, in this superb CAS House.

Thanks to the governance of ICAS, the new headquarters and its improved facilities, and the recruitment of additional staff members, CAS continues to evolve and to offer enhanced services to its users. After difficult times due to the pandemic, the scene is set for faster turnaround times, more frequent communications, the increased publication of awards and jurisprudence, and the holding of more educational events.

A matter which influenced the CAS caseload in 2022 was the conflict in Ukraine and its consequences for Ukrainian, Russian and Belorussian athletes, clubs and teams. Over 20 procedures were initiated. The Court Office once again handled proportionally more proceedings related to football than to any other sport. The importance of football to the CAS case load was recognised by ICAS in 2022 and I welcome the actions undertaken by it to enhance its engagement with the football world.

Between 1 January and 31 December 2022, 830 procedures were registered with the CAS: 151 ordinary procedures, 644 appeal procedures, 15 Anti-Doping Division (ADD) procedures and 8

mediation procedures, as well as 12 ad hoc arbitrations.

The Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 again took place against a backdrop of covid19 countermeasures and restrictions. The delegation of CAS arbitrators and staff that travelled to Beijing to operate the CAS Ad hoc Division lived and worked within the “Closed Loop” to operate the CAS Ad hoc Division for the Games, which functioned well logistically and delivered a number of important decisions. Other Ad hoc Divisions were held on a remote basis for the Commonwealth Games, for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, and for the FIFA World Cup.

A major administrative operation for the CAS in 2022 was the renewal of the CAS membership. At the conclusion of the four-year term 2019-2022, the ICAS Commission for CAS Membership reviewed the lists of CAS arbitrators and mediators and established new lists for the new four-year term 2023-2026.

I hope you enjoy reading this latest report.

Matthieu Reeb Director General Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)