US EditionA Stark Reminder That Sex Differences Matter in Elite Sport
SWITZERLAND, JUL 17 – The European Court of Human Rights ruled Switzerland violated Caster Semenya's fair trial rights in her challenge to World Athletics' testosterone regulations affecting women with Differences of Sex Development.
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A Stark Reminder That Sex Differences Matter in Elite Sport
Triple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon during the “Breaking4” event in Paris on June 26, 2025. (Photo by Gao Jing/Xinhua via Getty Images.)Faith Kipyegon is the greatest female middle-distance runner in history. The Kenyan star is a three-time Olympic gold medalist and the current world record holder in both the women’s mile and 1500 meters. In a high-profile event last month, she gave us something rare: a transparent and widely-broadcast remind…
Caster Semenya’s ECHR win lauded as landmark case for athletes’ rights
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday commended the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)’s decision in the case of South African runner, Caster Semenya, who challenged regulations imposed by World Athletics, the global track and field governing body that imposed discriminatory guidelines prohibiting women with Differences of Sex Development (DSD) from competing in the female category unless they underwent medical intervention to lower their natu…
Caster Semenya, the Olympic and world champion in middle-distance running, was suspected of not being a woman in 2009, after winning the World Athletics Championships.
ECtHR Finds Switzerland Violated Fair Hearing Rights in Semenya v. Switzerland Sports Arbitration Case
Blog Name: International Law in BriefECtHR Finds Switzerland Violated Fair Hearing Rights in Semenya v. Switzerland Sports Arbitration CaseAuthor: Alaa HajyahiaThe Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on July 10, 2025 that Switzerland vFeatured Item: No
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