CGE and SAHRC join forces to pursue unjust treatment of Caster Mokgadi Semenya
Both institutions believe the outcome at Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court amounts to a severe violation of the right to bodily integrity, human dignity and privacy of athletes like Caster Semenya whose bodies, through no fault of their own, produce what is considered high levels of testosterone.
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) met on 15 September 2020 following Caster Mokgadi Semenya’s loss on her appeal at Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court against the restriction of testosterone levels in female runners.
The CGE and SAHRC are working together to pursue this matter based on their strong conviction that the effects and impact of this new regulation will be detrimental to the rights of female athletes like Caster Semenya whose body produces what is considered by the IAAF “unnaturally high” levels of testosterone.
The CGE and SAHRC are opposed to the IAAF’s modification of its regulation to require female athletes to maintain testosterone levels below 5 nanomoles per litre for a continuous period of at least six months, particularly with Differences of Sexual Differences (DSD).
Both institutions believe the outcome at Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court amounts to a severe violation of the right to bodily integrity, human dignity and privacy of athletes like Caster Semenya.
Read more about how the CGE and SAHRC will pursue this matter.
*Source – South African Human Rights Commission