During the major competitions (Olympic Games, Continental Games, Other Games, World Championships and Cups, Continental Championships and GGP) United World Wrestling will assigned Supervisors as Member of the Jury of Appeal. If the number of supervisors are note sufficient for the competition, the Chief of the Refereeing Commission, the instructor or the neutral referee assigned by United World Wrestling will selected the best officials among the participants' referees in order to have 2 members per mat.

It is comprised of two (2) persons selected among the knowledgeable refereeing people according to the different matches and wrestlers' nationality - The Jury of Appeal group members cannot act as such during the bouts where the members of refereeing body or the competitors are from the same country as the Jury of Appeal group member.

One member of the Jury of Appeal will be appointed as coordinator and will be in charge of announcing the Jury's decisions on behalf of all. There is one Jury of Appeal per mat.

For the other competitions (tournaments, Grand Prix), the Jury of Appeal will be selected by the instructor or the neutral referee assigned by United World Wrestling from the best referees who participate in the event.

The Jury of Appeal is responsible for controlling that all rules governing a wrestling match have been applied by the refereeing body before the winner of the match can be declared by the mat chairman.

If the Jury of Appeal notices that a serious administrative, timing or scoring mistake has been made, the coordinator must bring it to the mat chairman's attention and ask for its rectification. If the Jury of Appeal notices that the mat chairman did not stop the match further to a challenge request, the coordinator must ask him to do so immediately after the action is completed.

During the video review, the Jury of Appeal will render its decision without consulting the refereeing body. If the Jury of Appeal reaches a unanimous agreement, it will be considered final and irrevocable. No further appeal will be possible.

The decisions taken by the Jury of Appeal after each challenge need to be clearly written on the preprinted challenge form and send back to the United World Wrestling Headquarters.

The decision of the Jury of Appeal is final. There will be no challenge authorized in case of penalty for passivity and the fall confirmed by mat chairman. The refereeing body who makes serious mistake should be sanctioned.

If the Jury of Appeal remarks a serious mistake from the Officiating body, they are allowed to ask for a consultation. In this particular case, the coordinator of the concerned Jury of Appeal group will have to ask the Mat Chairman to stop the bout in order to discuss about the contentious action. After the consultation, the unanimous decision of the Jury of Appeal group will be applied.

A complete set of red, blue and white paddles must be made available to each Jury of Appeal in order for its decision to be seen by the audience.

No further appeal can be lodged to the UWW Bureau, CAS, or any other court once a decision has been made by the refereeing body (agreed upon by the mat chairman) or by the Jury of Appeal.

UWW Bureau can eliminate a member of the refereeing body or Jury of Appeal at any time if it deems that a serious mistake in the application of the rules or in the decision of a challenge has been made.

The Supervisors acting in the Jury of Appeal will have to assess the referees' work and submit their written evaluations to UWW.

Under no circumstances should anyone - including UWW Bureau members, UWW delegates, coaches, wrestlers or team leaders
- attempt to interfere or influence the Jury of Appeal.

Any persons violating this rule shall be expelled from the field of play for the duration of the tournament.