nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230727-012136-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230726s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|ger|| 10.17176/20230727-012136-0 doi ger 342 23 Wiater, Patricia Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-9410-6751 A Human Rights Breakthrough in Sports Law? - The ECtHR Chamber Judgment in Semenya v. Switzerland Wiater, Patricia Verfassungsblog 2023-07-26 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 11 July 2023, the ECtHR found in its Chamber judgment in Semenya v. Switzerland that international-level athlete Mokgadi Caster Semenya had been discriminated against by the Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF, now World Athletics). These regulations required her to undergo hormone treatment to lower her natural testosterone levels in order to be admitted to international competitions in the female category. In the Chamber's view, Switzerland had violated the Convention by failing to provide sufficient institutional and procedural safeguards to enable Ms. Semenya to have her discrimination complaints effectively examined. If the GC upholds the Chamber’s findings on jurisdiction and scrutiny, the Semenya judgment will have a significant impact on the human rights approach of sports federations and on future CAS proceedings. CC BY-SA 4.0 CAS ECtHR gender and sex discrimination Human Rights Semenya Sports Law Switzerland Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-human-rights-breakthrough-in-sports-law/ raw object