This article[1] summarises how two CAS Panels have recently characterised the transcripts of witnesses in a criminal procedure during the adjudication of appeals against decisions passed by FIFA’s bodies: witness statements or documentary evidence.
CAS 2019/A/6344 Marco Polo Del Nero v. FIFA
CAS 2019/A/6665 Ricardo Terra Teixeira v. FIFA
The right to be heard of the parties to a dispute constitutes one of the most important principles that any judicial system must be able to guarantee. Not only is it considered as a human right (for example, in Article 6(3) of the European Convention on Human Rights)[2], but in States governed by the...
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