Mike Morgan. A version of this article was first published in Revue de droit Suisse, Volume 132 (2013), issue 03, p. 341 to 351 (published by Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag)

SUMMARY

‘Swiss law does, more often than not, play an important part in the determination of doping disputes.’

This is because:

· A large number of the International Federations of sport that are signatories to the WADC are domiciled in Switzerland;

· most International Federations of sport, including those not domiciled in Switzerland, provide in their respective rules that appeals relating to doping disputes involving international-level athletes are to be resolved by the Court of Arbitration of Sport (the “CAS”), which is domiciled in Switzerland; and

· the WADC grants WADA a right to appeal first instance doping decisions of all signatory sports. WADA thus appears as a party in doping disputes before the CAS relatively frequently. WADA is a Swiss private law foundation with its seat in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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