A newer edition of this regulation is available: June 2019

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UWW Disciplinary Regulations - August 2018 edition

SupersededAugust 2018
In force from
2018/08/05
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The August 2018 edition of the United World Wrestling Disciplinary and Dispute Resolution Procedure Regulations; the edition that established the seven-member Disciplinary Chamber structure and the schedule of offences and sanctions.

Adoption5 August 2018 — Bureau of the Federation
Structure26 articles across 7 titles
StatusSuperseded — replaced by the June 2019 edition

What is the Wrestling Disciplinary Procedure?

The United World Wrestling (UWW) Disciplinary and Dispute Resolution Procedure Regulations perform two functions at once: they enumerate disciplinary offences and the sanction corresponding to each, and they organise the adjudicating body and its procedure. The adjudicating organ is the Disciplinary and Dispute Resolution Chamber, whose members are appointed by the Bureau. Its scope is broad, covering national federations, clubs, wrestlers, coaches, referees and officials; from offences relating to the staging of a competition and breach of a period of suspension to assault, harassment and damage to property. Alongside the disciplinary route, the text also provides for mediation and internal arbitration as avenues for resolving disputes.

About the August 2018 edition

Features of this edition

  1. Disciplinary and Dispute Resolution ChamberThe adjudicating organ is a seven-member chamber whose members are appointed by the Bureau, with the chair and vice-chair designated from among those same members.
  2. Schedule of offences and sanctionsThe text categorises offences and fixes a sanction for each: from breach of a period of suspension and withdrawal of a team to improper conduct, assault and damage to the competition venue. In serious cases — including the intentional infliction of serious injury — a lifetime suspension is provided for.
  3. Financial penalties calibrated to the offenceCertain sanctions are tied to the figures in the financial regulations; for example, in some instances twice the cost of staging is claimed, and in others an amount equal to twice the accommodation cost of each wrestler entered on the list.
  4. Mediation and internal arbitrationAlongside disciplinary proceedings, the parties may take their dispute to mediation and, where they so agree, refer it to a three-member internal arbitration panel.

Who this document matters to

Any disciplinary case involving a wrestler, coach or federation at international level is heard before this chamber and on the basis of this text. Three points are of practical importance to the defence: the procedural time limits, the expiry of which extinguishes the right to challenge; the restriction of the right to complain to the parties to the original case; and the fact that a referee's decision within a bout is in principle not open to challenge. Beyond this stage, the route of appeal leads to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).