His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the National Olympic Committee, approved the formation of the Emirates Sports Arbitration Center, in accordance with Federal Law No. 16 of 2016 issued by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State and based on his Highness’s mandate from the General Assembly of the Committee at its last meeting To choose the formation of the center.
The center is managed by a council called the “Sports Arbitration Council” in accordance with Article (6) of the Federal Law regarding the formation of the center. It is headed by Ali Mohamed Bou Jassim, who includes Saeed Abdel Ghaffar Hussein, a representative of the General Sports Authority, Dharar Hamid Belhoul, representing the collective games, Youssef Abdullah Al-Batran is a representative of the individual games, in addition to the three external experts, namely Hamda Saif Al-Shamsi, Saeed Ali Al-Ajil, and Ahmed Abdullah Al-Dhaheri.
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum blessed the formation of the center, which aims to expedite the resolution of sports disputes through conciliation or arbitration, spreading the culture of conciliation and sports arbitration in the state, especially among the working bodies, and strengthening relationships with the authorities involved in sports arbitration in the state and abroad and encouraging partnerships With her, in addition to participating in relevant sports forums.
The center exclusively deals with arbitration in all sports disputes, especially disputes resulting from the final decisions issued by the operating authorities and the Olympic Committee in accordance with its statutes, disciplinary decisions issued under the regulations of the working bodies, and the appealable decisions issued by the National Anti-Doping Committee.
The center is also concerned with arbitration in sports disputes whose contracts contain a condition or stipulation of a sports arbitration stipulating the resort to arbitration with the center, and conciliation in mathematical disputes whose contracts contain a condition or stipulation of sports conciliation stipulating the resort to conciliation with the center.
For his part, Secretary-General of the National Olympic Committee, Mohammed bin Sulayem stressed the importance of this important step in the march of the sports sector in the Emirates, because of the rules and laws it holds in the field of sports work in its various sectors and branches. He said, "We were pleased with this decision issued by His Highness the President of the National Olympic Committee to form the Emirates Arbitration Center The athlete, and His Highness was keen to direct the completion of all necessary procedures to launch the center and launch its work to serve Emirates sport, according to the Federal Law of His Highness the President of the State regarding the establishment of the center, which will have a clear and tangible return.