Statutes of the Bodies Working for the Settlement of Sports-Related Disputes

ICAS exercises the following functions:

1. It adopts and amends this Code;
2. It elects from among its members for one or several renewable period(s) of four years:
   • the President;
   • three Vice-Presidents who shall replace the President if necessary, by order of seniority in age; if the office of President becomes vacant, the senior Vice-President shall exercise the functions and responsibilities of the President until the election of a new President;
   • the President of the Ordinary Arbitration Division, the President of the Anti-Doping Division and the President of the Appeals Arbitration Division of the CAS,
   • the deputies of the three Division Presidents who can replace them in the event they are prevented from carrying out their functions.
     The election of the President and of the Vice-Presidents shall take place after consultation with the IOC, the ASOIF, the AIOWF and the ANOC,The election of the President, Vice-Presidents, Division Presidents and their deputies shall take place at the ICAS meeting following the appointment of the ICAS members for the forthcoming period of four years ;
3. It appoints the permanent commissions listed under Article S7 a. b. and c;
4. It appoints the arbitrators who constitute the list of CAS arbitrators and the mediators who constitute the list of CAS mediators on the proposal of the CAS Membership Commission. It can also remove them from those lists;
5. It resolves challenges to and the removal of arbitrators through its Challenge Commission, and performs any other functions identified in the Procedural Rules;
6. It is responsible for the financing of and financial reporting by CAS. For such purpose, inter alia;
   6.1 it receives and manages the funds allocated to its operations;
   6.2 it approves the ICAS budget prepared by the CAS Court Office and the CAS Anti-Doping Division Office;
   6.3 it approves the annual report and financial statements of ICAS prepared in accordance with the requirements of Swiss Law;
   6.4 it publishes the annual report every year, including the audited financial statements and its detailed management report;
7. It appoints the CAS Director General and may terminate her/his duties upon proposal of the President;
8. It provides for regional or local, permanent or ad hoc arbitration, including at alternative hearing centres;
9. It creates a general legal aid fund and a football legal aid fund to facilitate access to CAS arbitration for individuals without sufficient financial means and CAS legal aid guidelines for the operation of the funds, including a Commission to decide on requests for legal aid;
10. It may take any other action which it deems necessary to protect the rights of the parties and to promote the settlement of sports-related disputes through arbitration and mediation.