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The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is planning to embark on a global and national advocacy campaign to fight against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) discriminatory regulations.
This comes after Caster Semenya lost her appeal to Switzerland's Federal Supreme Court against the restriction of testosterone levels in female runners.
After Semenya lost her appeal, the two institutions met earlier this week to chart the way forward on the issue of gross human rights violations.
The two institutions are still opposed to the IAAF’s modification of its regulation to require female athletes to maintain testosterone levels below five nanomoles per litre for a continuous period of at least six months, particularly in individuals with Differences of Sex Development.
The two institutions’ opposition is based on their strong conviction that the effects and impact of the new regulation will be detrimental and therefore amount to a severe violation of the rights of female athletes like Semenya, whose body produces what is considered by the IAAF ‘unnaturally high’ levels of testosterone.
This petition will not be limited to South Africa and Africa but also the United Nations.
