ICAS Declaration of support for CAS Arbitrator Aliaksandr Danilevich

Lausanne, 8 July 2022 – The International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) has learned that Prof. Aliaksandr Danilevich, PhD in Law, a successful Belarusian lawyer and a Member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), was arrested on 20 May 2022 by the Belarusian police. At the end of February 2022, he co-signed a statement calling for the immediate termination of the hostilities in Ukraine.

To the ICAS’s knowledge, the professional reputation of Prof. Danilevich, who was also a member of the Disciplinary Committee of Rugby Europe, has always been impeccable. Therefore, it is particularly hard to understand that pre-trial restrictions in the form of detention were immediately implemented after the investigation started. The ICAS expresses its most serious concerns with respect to Prof. Danilevich’s situation as a political prisoner. The ICAS very much hopes that he will be released soon in order to return to his legal practice and to pursue his missions with the CAS.

The original press release can be found here : https://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ICAS_Media_Release_-_Prof._Aliaksandr_Danilevich.pdf