The Court of arbitration for sport (CAS) is an international institution offering an arbitration or mediation in the world of sports
Domiciled in Lausanne in Switzerland, it depends on the international Council of arbitration for sport (ICAS).
Before the multiplication of conflicts, the president of the international olympic Committee (IOC), Juan Antonio Samaranch, began the creation of the CAS in. In, the IOC recognized officially the HEAP, the activity of which began the thirtieth of June. His field of action was at first limited, but since the"Paris agreements", signed on the twenty-second of June, its jurisdiction has expanded and its organic link with the IOC abolished, to comply with the decision of the federal Tribunal, which had pointed to this problem. The themes most often mentioned in front of the PILE are the issues of doping and arbitration on certain transfers of football players, in order to fix the amount of the transfer fees, when the two clubs, the buyer and the seller fail to reach agreement. FIFA was long hostile to the CAS, and has not recognized its jurisdiction only in December. In, the CAS has dealt with arbitration requests, and four requests for advisory opinions Between and, the CAS has dealt arbitration claims, and requests for advisory opinions. Four forms of procedures are in place: the arbitration procedure is regular, the arbitration procedure of appeal, the advisory procedure and the mediation procedure. Once composed of arbitrators appointed by the IOC and the sports federations, the CAS now has three hundred referees from different countries, selected for their knowledge of sports law.
