Sport Arbitration Tribunal COC-organisational and procedural provisions

Abstract

Today, most sports disputes are resolved before arbitration courts. All the advantages of the arbitration adjudication process have been recognisable for a long time in sport, so today it is rare that a dispute related to a certain sport comes before a state court. State courts with difficulty follow the development and complexity of relations which occur in sport. Therefore, specialised arbitrations with expert and educated arbitrators are the ideal solution to this type of dispute. Sport arbitrations often bear the characteristics of so-called compulsory arbitration ( arbitage obligatoire, Zwangsshiedsgericht) which parties must approach in order to resolve certain disputes. This paper, after a brief conceptual explanation of the institute of arbitration adjudication and sports arbitration, provides an overview of the procedure before the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Sport Arbitration Tribunal of the pursuant to the rules of the Sport Arbitration Tribunal of the Croatian Olympic Committee.

Keywords

• arbitration
• Sport Arbitration
• Sports Arbitration Tribunal