Lerato Mbhiza
THE EFF welcomes Caster Semenya’s victory on her appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
The Double Olympic 800m champion was discriminated against by rules requiring her to lower her testosterone levels, the European Court of Human Rights found in a ruling on Tuesday.
The 32-year-old Semenya sued the ECHR over the manner in which Switzerland handled her legal fight against World Athletics’ rules and forcing her to take medication to reduce her testosterone levels as mandated by track and field governing body.
She lost an appeal to the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport, and three years ago Switzerland’s supreme court held the decision of sport’s top court.
As part of her long-running legal battle, Semenya took her case against Switzerland to the France-based ECHR.
In its ruling on Tuesday, the court found that “the applicant had not been afforded sufficient institutional and procedural safeguards
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