Overview
- The European Court of Human Rights’ Grand Chamber of 17 judges is set to issue its final ruling on Semenya’s appeal after nearly two years of deliberation.
- World Athletics introduced the contested 2018 regulations requiring women with differences of sex development to reduce natural testosterone levels to compete internationally.
- If the judges uphold last year’s decision that the rules violated Semenya’s rights, the case will return to Swiss courts rather than lead to an immediate suspension of the regulations.
- Semenya has been barred from top-level competition since 2019 after refusing to comply with the testosterone-suppression mandate and now frames her struggle as a human rights campaign.
- The outcome could shape eligibility policies in other sports that have adopted similar testosterone-based standards, including swimming, boxing and football.