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=== Scope and responsibilities ===

The Arbitration Committee of the English Wikipedia has the following duties and responsibilities:
# To act as a final binding decision-maker primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve;
# To hear appeals from blocked, banned, or otherwise restricted users;<ref group=note>The Arbitration Committee resolved by [[Special:Permalink/1207074962#Motion:_appeals_of_CheckUser_blocks_generally_not_heard|motion]] on 14 February 2024 to hear appeals from editors who are (a) blocked for reasons that are unsuitable for public discussion, or (b) blocked or banned by Arbitration and Arbitration Enforcement decisions. Examples of reasons that are unsuitable for public discussion include blocks (i) marked as an [[Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#Oversight_blocks|Oversight block]], or (ii) based on CheckUser evidence, and where there exists disagreement between checkusers as to the interpretation of the technical evidence. It is expected that blocks marked as a [[Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#CheckUser_blocks|CheckUser block]] are by default appealed on-wiki; however, the Arbitration Committee may hear appeals of such blocks if there are compelling reasons to hear an appeal in private.</ref>
# To handle requests (other than self-requests) for removal of administrative tools;<ref group=note>Following a [[Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/suspend sysop rights of inactive admins|request for comment]] in July 2011, the community resolved that administrator accounts which had been inactive for over a year (defined as making "no edits or administrative actions for at least 12 months") may also be [[Wikipedia:Administrators#Procedural removal for inactive administrators|desysopped by a community process]] independent of the Committee.</ref>
# To resolve matters unsuitable for public discussion for privacy, legal, or similar reasons;{{anchor|scopeprivate}}
# To approve and remove access to (i) [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight|CheckUser and Oversight tools]] and (ii) mailing lists maintained by the Arbitration Committee.