RE-EXAMINING GENDER EQUALITY IN COMPETITIVE SPORT: ΤHE LEGACY OF SEMENYA V. SWITZERLAND AT THE INTERSECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ARBITRATION

The present article addresses one of the most complex and compelling issues recently examined by the European Court of Human Rights: gender equality in competitive sport, the rights of intersex athletes, and the principle of fair competition. Against this backdrop, the following contribution revisits the discussion on gender equality in sport through the lens of the 2025 Grand Chamber judgment in Semenya v. Switzerland and explores the human-rights implications of contemporary eligibility regulations in elite athletics.