The rules for such appeal shall respect the following principles: a timely hearing; a fair , impartial , Operationally Independent and Institutionally  64  [Comment to Article  13.1.3: Where a decision has been rendered before the final stage of FIH’s process (for example, a first hearing) and no party elects to appeal that decision to the next level of FIH’s process (e.g., the Managing Board), then WADA may bypass the remaining steps in FIH’s internal process and appeal directly to CAS.]