Tracey Holmes, senior reporter/presenter at ABC's NewsRadio, wrote on 14 February: "There are currently two high profile international cases that are challenging the Court of Arbitration's authority. Germany's most decorated winter Olympian, speedskater Claudia Pechstein, challenged the independence of the CAS in Munich's Higher Regional Court and won. It has been appealed to Germany's Federal Court of Justice and that decision is expected in March" The other case involves a challenge to the IOC's gender policy which has been accepted by the Human Rights Tribunal in Canada. The athlete involved, cyclist Kristen Worley, refused to sign an athlete agreement with her sports federation because it binds athletes to the CAS and the independence of the arbitral body continues to be questioned" Refer article below: Parties to a dispute should be permitted to agree mutually to engage in arbitration or another alternative dispute resolution process after the dispute arises. But arbitration should never be mandated. In a free society, a person or team are entitled to their day in court if they want it. Thank you for your ongoing support. If you haven't already signed, please read, consider, sign and share.