A Human Rights Breakthrough in Sports Law? - The ECtHR Chamber Judgment in Semenya v. Switzerland Wiater, Patricia Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-9410-6751 Text xx# 2023 Verfassungsblog 2023-07-26 ger
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 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 Wiater, Patricia CAS ECtHR gender and sex discrimination Human Rights Semenya Sports Law Switzerland 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-human-rights-breakthrough-in-sports-law/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20230727-012136-0 230726 10.17176/20230727-012136-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)