CAS Decision in Pan America Case
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23th December 2011.
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International Judo Federation
Yesterday the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favor of the IJF for the case started by the Pan American Judo UNION (PJU) against the IJF and the Pan American Judo CONFEDERATION (PJC).
Yesterday the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favor of the IJF for the case started by the Pan American Judo UNION (PJU) against the IJF and the Pan American Judo CONFEDERATION (PJC).
On January 19 2009, 22 countries in Pan America decided to leave from the PJU and founded the PJC. These are the strongest countries from Pan America who represent over 95% of all the results and athletes in the entire continent. As time progressed the PJC began having activity and many of the remaining countries transferred from PJU into the new organization.
The International Judo Federation Executive Committee, after requesting all information from both organizations and giving a chance for each to make a presentation to the EC, voted 19 in favor and 1 abstention to reject the PJU as member of the IJF, and at the same time, 19 votes in favor and 1 abstention for the PJC, the new organization, to be the one and only continental organization regulating judo in Pan America recognized by the IJF.
The PJU immediately launched a CAS procedure against the IJF requesting that the EC decision be cancelled and that IJF be forced to accept PJU as the official and only recognized organization and also that the IJF Pay for all legal fees and other fees to the PJU.
The CAS ruled that the appeal filed by the Pan American Judo Union, all motions and prayers for relief are DISMISSED and that the EC decision made empowering the PJC is the only recognized organization in Pan Americas is officially confirmed.
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