CAS Partially Upholds the Appeals of Mariyam Mohamed Related to the 2019 AFC Elections 01/25/21
the appeal arbitration procedures between Mariyam Mohamed from the Republic of Maldives, a
candidate who sought election to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Committee
during the 29th AFC Congress held on 6 April 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, and the AFC.
Mariyam Mohamed filed two appeals, inter alia, to have the results of the elections conducted during
the 29th AFC Congress (the 2019 Elections) set aside on two separate bases: gender discrimination and
third-party interference, and to have those elections re-run.
The first proceedings concerned the decision taken by the AFC Electoral Committee to reject and/or