• About
  • History
  • Mission
  • Board of Directors
  • Personnel
  • Corporate Documents
  • Employment & Business Opportunities
• Resources
  • Outreach & Awareness
  • Workshops and Webinars
  • Model Policies & Agreements
  • Publications
  • Safe Sport
• Tribunal
  • Dispute Resolution Services
  • Code
  • Forms
  • Arbitrators & Mediators
  • Legal Representatives
  • Fee for Service Program
• Media
  • Press Releases
  • Newsletters
  • Fact Sheet

Font Size

Dispute Resolution Secretariat (Tribunal)

Appeal Tribunal

Who can Appeal?

Safeguarding matters (CSSP)

• You may appeal only a sanction under the CSSP issued by a Safeguarding Panel.
• Who can file an appeal: The Appellant must have participated in the Safeguarding hearing as the Respondent, the Reporting Person, the Impacted Person, or the Sport Integrity Canada.
• Deadline: file the Notice of Appeal within 30 days of the Safeguarding Panel’s award.

Doping matters (CADP)

• You may appeal a doping-related sanction listed in the Canadian Sport Dispute Resolution Code or the CADP (e.g., a Doping Panel’s decision on violation or consequences, a decision imposing or lifting a provisional suspension, certain Sport Integrity Canada decisions on results management/TUEs, etc.).
• Who can file an appeal: Parties involved in a SDRCC doping case may appeal.
• Deadline:

1. If appealing a Doping Panel decision, you must file a Request within 30 days of the panel’s decision.
2. If appealing a Sport Integrity Canada decision (where no Doping Panel decision yet), you must file a Request within 10 days of the Sport Integrity Canada decision.
3. If you are an Appellant who was not a Party before the Doping Panel, but have a right to appeal, you must file a Request within 21 days of receiving the case file.

Note: in cases arising from an international event or involving an International-Level Athlete, appeals go exclusively to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), not the SDRCC.

If you wish to appeal a Safeguarding or Doping-related decision before the SDRCC Appeal Tribunal, please contact our case managers to obtain the relevant forms and filing instructions.

Review the following resources to help you prepare:

• Canadian Sport Dispute Resolution Code – outlines the SDRCC’s procedural rules;
• The Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP);
• The Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Adress Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS);
• The list of Appeal Tribunal Arbitrators;
• Legal Representatives and Pro Bono Program;
• I Tested Positive? How to Respond to a Possible Anti-Doping Rule Violation.

Need Help?

If you have questions about the SDRCC, its services, or this forms, please contact us at tribunal@crdsc-sdrcc.ca .

While SDRCC staff cannot provide legal advice, they can offer general guidance on the SDRCC’s administrative procedures.

This overview does not constitute legal advice. It is intended only to explain how the SDRCC operates.

If any part of this overview differs from the Canadian Sport Dispute Resolution Code or any applicable rules, regulations, or laws, those official sources will prevail.