… Compliance with the principle of “an
independent
and
impartial
tribunal
established
by
law
`
(a) The parties’ submissions
(i) The applicant
71. The applicant referred to a Constitutional Court decision (see paragraph 34 above) and argued that Sports Arbitration Board was an administrative body and did not qualify as a
tribunal
under domestic law. She claimed that it did not have full jurisdiction to determine a dispute on the basis of legal rules. …
… The relevant part of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention reads as follows:
“In the determination of his civil rights and obligations ... everyone is entitled to a fair ... hearing ... by an
independent
and
impartial
tribunal
established
by
law
.”
Admissibility
49. The Government argued that Article 6 § 1 of the Convention did not apply to the proceedings before the Sports Arbitration Board. …
… The Court reiterates that Article 6 of the Convention does not preclude the
establishment
of arbitral
tribunals
. However, when arbitration is compulsory, in the sense of being required by
law
and parties having no option but to refer their dispute to an arbitral
tribunal
, as was the case here, the arbitral
tribunal
must afford the safeguards secured by Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (see Ali Rıza and Others, cited above, §§ 173-174 with further references and more recently, Semenya v. …