Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat will not be awarded a silver medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, after the ad hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed her appeal for a joint silver medal.
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
- The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is an institution independent of any sports organization.
- It provides for services in order to facilitate the settlement of sports-related disputes through arbitration or mediation by means of procedural rules adapted to the specific needs of the sports world.
- The CAS was created in 1984 and is placed under the administrative and financial authority of the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS).
- The CAS head office is in Lausanne, Switzerland. Two decentralized offices are also available to the parties: one in Sydney, Australia, the other in New York, United States.
- The CAS has nearly 300 arbitrators from 87 countries, chosen for their specialist knowledge of arbitration and sports law. Around 300 cases are registered by the CAS every year.
- The CAS has the task of resolving legal disputes in the field of sport through arbitration. It does this pronouncing arbitral awards that have the same enforceability as judgements of ordinary courts.
- It can also help parties solve their disputes on an amicable basis through mediation, when this procedure is allowed.
- The CAS sets up non-permanent tribunals, which it does for the Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games or other similar major events.
- To take into account the circumstances of such events, special procedural rules are established on each occasion.
- An award pronounced by the CAS is final and binding on the parties from the moment it is communicated.
- It may in particular be enforced in accordance with the New York Convention on the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards, which more than 125 countries have signed
