The FIA’s General Assembly has adopted a new judicial system which includes an International Tribunal (IT) exercising the FIA’s disciplinary powers in the first instance (for cases not dealt with by the Stewards of the Meeting), and an International Court of Appeal (ICA) with updated rules and functions.
At its meeting of 5 November, the General Assembly elected judges to sit upon each body: 12 to the IT and 24 to the ICA.
These judges have been elected following their nomination by a specially formed Judicial Appointment Commitee, which carefully screened candidates from across the sporting and legal world and which had been proposed by teams, sporting commissions and FIA members. The nominating committee singled out individuals from a total of 20 countries with exemplary legal and sporting credentials and proposed a judiciary of the very highest calibre, befitting the highly specialized and global nature of the FIA’s activities.
All judges within the FIA’s Courts system are bound by strict rules regarding their impartiality and independence from the parties to the case they will hear.
A full membership list of both bodies is available to download in PDF format here:
- IT and ICA Membership List 2011
Biographies of the judges elected are available to download in PDF format here:
- IT Biographies
- ICA Biographies
This new judicial organisation will come into effect as of 1 January 2011