7. Under the recent #Semenya decision of the Grand Chamber of the #ECtHR, the #CAS and the Swiss Federal Supreme Court have to exercise a strict review of the compatibility of the SGBs' rules and decisions when they affect the fundamental rights of athletes.
The final post of the symposium by @marjolaineviret.bsky.social, Emilie Weible and Cláudio Cerqueira focuses on the impact of the #Semenya judgement from a Swiss perspective.
It is available at strasbourgobservers.com/2025/10/10/t...
#Sportslaw #CAS #Arbitration #PILA #ECtHR
The seventh blog by myself & @Faraz7S focuses on the 'elephant in the room' after the #Semenya judgment: the questionable independence of the #CAS from the SGBs.
It is available at strasbourgobservers.com/2025/10/09/t...
#Sportslaw #ECtHR #ECHR #CAS #Judicialindependence #SeparationOfPowers
The sixth blog by Daniela Heerdt looks at how the #Semenya judgment affects the right to access to remedy.
It is available at strasbourgobservers.com/2025/10/08/a...
#Sportslaw #ECtHR #Remedy
The fifth blog of our symposium by Daniel Rietiker contextualises the #Semenya judgment by situating it within the broader approach of the #ECtHR to sports governance and dispute resolution.
It is now available at strasbourgobservers.com/2025/10/07/c...
#Sportslaw #ECHR #Mutu #Pechstein
The fourth blog by @lenaholzer.bsky.social is focused on the potential impact of the #Semenya judgment on the eligibility of transgender athletes to participate in female competitions.
It is available at strasbourgobservers.com/2025/10/06/a...
#Sportslaw #ECHR #ECtHR #TransRights
The third blog by @michelekrech.bsky.social focuses on the impact of the #Semenya judgment on eligibility rules for female competitions arguing that it changes everything.
it is available at strasbourgobservers.com/2025/10/03/t...
#Sportslaw #DSDRegulations #WorldAthletics #CAS #ECtHR
The second blog by @sallythin.bsky.social is focused on the #ECtHR's approach to the (extra)territorial jurisdiction of Switzerland in the #Semenya case and is already available at strasbourgobservers.com/2025/10/02/d...
#Sportslaw #ECHR #TransnationalLaw #Jurisdiction #CAS
#Sportslaw Blog!
With Faraz Shahlaei we prepared a symposium for Strasbourg Observers focused on the #Semenya judgement of the Grand Chamber of the #ECtHR.
Our opening blog introducing the symposium is at strasbourgobservers.com/2025/10/01/e...
#ECHR #HumanRights #DSDRegulations #WorldAthletics
This case will be a test case to see how the #CAS and potentially the Swiss Federal Supreme Court implement the #Semenya judgement of the Grand Chamber of the #ECtHR.
Algerian Olympic Champion #ImaneKhelif filed an appeal at #CAS early August against a #WorldBoxing decision declaring her ineligible to compete for upcoming World Boxing event after she refused to undergo genetic sex testing.
#Sportslaw #DSD #Intersex #Semenya #ECHR #HumanRights
The recording of our recent webinar on the ECtHR’s Grand Chamber judgment in #Semenya v. #Switzerland is now available on YouTube:
youtu.be/pMFg8CvRPDY?...
Thursday was all about #Semenya, but in a very interesting judgement a Belgium court found that the #UCI rules barring access to female competitions to transgender athletes are contrary to EU anti-discrimination rules!
15. To sum up, this ruling is a big deal for the accountability of transnational sports governance and, to a lesser extent, for the rights of intersex athletes to participate in female competitions.
More soon on @verfassungsblog.de and the International #Sportslaw Journal
#Sportslaw #Semenya
#Semenya Thread!
It took me a while to digest the judgement, but here are some takeaways.
Nutshell: Unlike other commentators, I think the #GrandChamber judgement can be more transformative for transnational sports governance than the Chamber's ruling.
#Sportslaw #ECHR #ECtHR
Meet Ms Semenya an intersex female who has had her human rights violated by the @worldathletics.org for being intersex
She is a 3-time World Champion in the 800m and 2-Olympic campaign
#LGBTQIA #Semenya #WorldAthletics #intersex #humanrights #motivation #SouthAfrica #mzansi #unfair #Olympics
Caster #Semenya wins her ECtHR case - but with a GC decision that is VERY different from the Chamber ruling. Court rules (very oddly, IMHO) that Switzerland has no jurisdiction in relation to Art. 8, 14 and 13 ECHR; finds violation of Art. 6(1). Lots of scrutiny of compulsory sport arbitration.
It's #Semenya day!
Today, the Grand Chamber of the #ECtHR will deliver its judgment in the case #Semenya v. Switzerland (live on YouTube at youtube.com/@EuropeanCou...).
Some thoughts before the tempest👇👇👇
#Sportslaw #DSD #Eligibility #ECtHR #CAS #SFT #Arbitration #HumanRights
A ruling this week in the Caster Semenya case could reignite the issue of sex eligibility in sports
(AP) #humanrights #sports #Semenya
apnews.com/article/cast...
#Sportslaw Mega-Breaking!
#Semenya ruling of the Grand Chamber of the #ECtHR to be released on 10 July.
This will be a fork-in-the-road decision for the future place of #HumanRights (and the #ECHR in particular) in transnational sports governance.
#Intersex #WorldAthletics
I think it’s more about levels of testosterone vs trans !! In track& field after an unfair dominance by a female athlete - established a range more in line with female levels. It’s more complex than just trans but gender assigned at birth . #Semenya An all or nothing approach may not be the answer
Join me in two weeks at the #SpoHo in Cologne for a lecture on the #CAS at 40 and its looming midlife crisis.
I'll talk about the challenges faced currently by the CAS and how to overcome them (or not).
#Sportslaw #Arbitration #Independence #AccesstoJustice #ISU #Semenya #Seraing
📢 New post on EJIL:Talk! I discuss the #Semenya case (ECtHR) and the line between territorial and extraterritorial jurisdiction under human rights law
www.ejiltalk.org/the-question...
