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Dispute Resolution Secretariat (Tribunal)

Safeguarding Tribunal

Before filing a Request, make sure that all required conditions are met.

 

Who Can File a Request Before the Safeguarding Tribunal?

  1. Sport Integrity Canada provisional measures (including CSSP Public Registry postings)
    • Who can file: Only the Respondent.
    • Deadline: Within 21 days of the Sport Integrity Canada issuing or amending the provisional measures.

Note: If you are challenging a Public Registry posting, file as early as possible—there is no automatic stay of the posting while your review is pending.

 

  1. Other Sport Integrity Canada decisions under the Canadian Safe Sport Program (CSSP)

(e.g., Letter of Concern; Remedial Resolution; Acceptance of Violation and Sanction; post-investigation decision that there was or was not a violation; sanctions)

  • Who can file: The Respondent, the Reporting Person, or the Impacted Person.
  • Deadline: Within 21 days from the date the Sport Integrity Canada decision notice is deemed sent to the person seeking review.

 

  1. Decision under Hockey Canada’s Internal Safe Sport policy
  • Who can file: an Adjudicative Chair/Panel decision may be appealed by the Complainant or the Respondent.
  • Default deadline (unless that organization’s policy says otherwise): Within 31 days from the date the decision is deemed sent to the person seeking review.
  • What is appealable: The final decision on the merits issued by an ITP-appointed Adjudicative Chair (Process #1) or an Adjudicative Panel (Process #2)
  • What is not appealable: Interim measures imposed during the process take effect immediately and cannot be appealed. If the ITP summarily dismisses a complaint during screening (e.g., lack of jurisdiction), that dismissal is also not appealable.

 

  1. Decisions under a sport organization’s internal safe sport policy (not the CSSP)
    • Who can file: Whoever the organization’s internal safe sport policy says can Request a review. If the policy is silent on that matter: The Safeguarding Tribunal will decide who has the right to participate.
    • Default deadline (unless that organization’s policy says otherwise): Within 31 days from the date the decision is deemed sent to the person seeking review.

How to File a Request

To file a Request before the Safeguarding Tribunal and begin an Arbitration process:

  1. Contact the SDRCC case managers to obtain the Safeguarding Tribunal Request form.
  2. Review the following resources to help you prepare:

 

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.

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