The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirmed that it has received the appeal of the Russian Olympic Committee (COR) against the decision adopted by the IOC on October 12 to suspend him with immediate effect, for the integration of Ukrainian regions and violation of the Olympic Charter.
COR requests that the decision of the IOC Executive Commission be annulled and to reinstate it as a national Olympic committee recognized by the IOC“enjoys all the rights and prerogatives granted by the Olympic Charter.”
CAS explained that the procedure has already started and it is at the moment of exchanging written documentation between the parties, including the constitution of a panel of arbitrators to resolve the case, after holding a hearing for which no date has yet been set.
The decision of the panel shall be final and bindingexcept for the right of the parties to file an appeal before the Swiss Federal Court within 30 days, CAS reversed.
The IOC Executive Commission suspended the COR at its last meeting in the Indian city of Bombay, as it understood that the unilateral decision made by the Russian Olympic Committee on October 5, 2023 to include among its members the regional sports organizations in under authority. of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ukraine (meaning Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia) “constitutes a violation of the Olympic Charter.”
Source: La Verdad
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