What is the purpose of the Court of Arbitration for Sport?

Deco was a Brazilian soccer player. After sub- mitting to a drug test conducted by a company in Brazil, LADETEC, samples of a banned sub- stance were indicated. As a result, Deco was suspended for a year by the Brazilian Soccer Federation. However, Deco argued that because the company, LADETEC, was not accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) at the time of the test. Deco asked for a re-test of his sample by a WADA-accredited lab in Lausanne, Switzerland.
After submitting to a re-test, the results indicated that Deco had not used any banned
substances. Consequently, Deco and the Brazil- ian Soccer Federation entered into an agreement to dismiss the suspension. Additionally, Deco and the Brazilian Soccer Federation asserted themselves to be reciprocally settled. The con- cern was whether Court of Arbitration of Sports (CAS) would support this settlement and release a Consent Award echoed the terms of the agree- ment between the two parties. The CAS ratified and incorporated the settlement agreement into a Consent Award, which reflected the terms of the parties settlement. As a result, both parties con- cluded their debate on this matter.
Questions:
1. What is the purpose of the Court of Arbitration for Sport?
2. Under what procedural rule does it function? Explain.
3. Explain how the Prohibited List may apply to this case.
4. According to the Osaka Rule, explain what would happen if this case occurred one year prior
to an Olympic competition?
5. Could the case fall into the No Fault or Negligence category or not? Explain.

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