SAHRC commends ECHR’s historic decision on the case between Semenya, CAS

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has described as historic the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to ask it to be an intervener in the case between Olympic gold medallist, Caster Semenya and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The SAHRC is set to have a say in the case after the court granted it leave to intervene as a third party.

This follows Semenya’s appeal earlier this year to the human rights court after her first two court actions, in the CAS and the Swiss Federal Supreme Court respectively.

This is the first time that the SAHRC is getting involved in human rights litigation on an international forum, and also the first known occasion that the ECHR has granted an African human rights institution leave to intervene.

SAHRC Commissioner Andre Gaum says they are happy to be part of the important case.

Below is the full interview with Gaum:

Semenya took her case to the European Court of Human Rights in March: