English Karate Structure - WKF Statutes
ART. 21- PRINCIPLES OF SPORTING JUSTICE
21.1 The WKF will have a Disciplinary and Legal Commission (DLC). The right of defence and contradiction will be granted.
21.2 Any dispute arising from the application or interpretation of the WKF Statutes will be settled exclusively and finally by a Tribunal formed by the DLC following its Rules.
21.3 The National Federations are responsible before the WKF of the actions of the associations, clubs and individuals that belong to them, as well as of the compliance of all their components with the Statutes of the WKF.
21.4 A National Federation may be excluded from the WKF for one of the following reasons:
a) By majority decision of the Congress;
b) For omission of payment of the membership fees for 2 (two) years. In this case the decision may be taken by the Executive Committee;
c) By decision of the DLC, in accordance with the Article 11 of the Disciplinary Rules.
21.5 National Federations who have not paid their annual fees and whatever other amounts due to the WKF by the required date may be suspended by the Executive Committee as full rights members and from all international activities until complete payment of all amounts due is made. Only the Executive Committee will be able to authorise exceptions or postponements, these exceptions or postponements not affecting the full applicability of Articles 10.1 and 12.21.
21.6 National Federations whose payments are not completely made at the date fixed by the Congress may be authorised by the Executive Committee to attend the Congress but will not have the rights to intervene nor to vote.
21.7 Whether a National Federation shall leave the WKF through expulsion or resignation or any other reason, it shall remain liable to the WKF for all amounts due and must fulfil its duties and obligations to the WKF.
21.8 If a National Federation, the members that form that National Federation or an individual member of that National Federation contravenes the Statutes of the WKF, or for any reason of discipline, the WKF may restrain or suspend the activities of this Federation or individual member, in accordance with the WKF Statutes and the Disciplinary Rules. Any disciplinary decision taken by the WKF must also be applied inside the corresponding Continental Federation.
21.9 The WKF expressly prohibits their National Federations, and their components, from the double affiliation with any karate organisation as it may be determined by the WKF Executive Committee to be a dissenting organisation.
National Federations and their members are prohibited from having sporting relationships with these dissenting organisations and with organisations not recognised by the WKF, or with a member country of the WKF which National Federation is suspended due to non payment of fees or for disciplinary reasons.
21.10 The Disciplinary and Legal Commission may take disciplinary actions against Federations and physical persons.
21.11 The amnesties, pardons and remissions given can be specific, partial or of an absolutely general nature.
21.12 Affiliated members and Individuals shall commit themselves to accept no authority other than the one of the WKF. An appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS / CAS) is only possible after having exhausted all the internal resources foreseen in the WKF Statutes and Disciplinary Rules.
The present Statutes have been initially drafted by Professor Giuseppe Pellicone, revised by the Executive Committee and finally approved by the WKF Congress in Tampere (Finland) on October 11 of the year 2006 on the occasion of the XVIII World Senior Championships. Please check the World Karate Federation website regularly for any updates or changes that may occur.
