Maybe, with your appeal, a suggestion,that if your appeal is not considered properly, a plaint to the European Court of human Rights, will be your next move
This would tie up a lot of their resources, trying to defend the indefensible
The big chiefs would be very upset at being enrolled , unknowingly, in the uphill -5h1t-kicker's club. the organisation would lose face among their international Peers.....all in all, they have made a mistake, their rule is outmoded and needs changing.
the button needs a good push in order to get someone in the ivory towers to kick some asses and do their job properly.
fight them, they don't like a 5h1t -storm, especially when it highlights their own failings.