International and European Sports Law – Monthly Report – September - October 2020 - By Rhys Lenarduzzi Published: 14 Oct 2020 The Headlines Human rights and sport Caster Semenya Human rights issues are taking the headlines in the sporting world at present. A short time ago, Caster Semenya’s appeal at the Swiss Federal Tribunal against the CAS decision was di...
The Specificity of Sport - Comparing the Case-Law of the European Court of Justice and of the Court of Arbitration for Sport - Part 2 - By Stefano Bastianon Published: 14 Oct 2020 Editor’s note: Stefano Bastianon is Associate Professor in EU Law and EU sports law at the University of Bergamo and lawyer admitted to the Busto Arsizio bar.1. EU law and the CAS case-lawBearing in mind these questions, it is possible to affirm that under E...
The Specificity of Sport - Comparing the Case-Law of the European Court of Justice and of the Court of Arbitration for Sport - Part 1 - By Stefano Bastianon Published: 13 Oct 2020 Editor’s note: Stefano Bastianon is Associate Professor in EU Law and EU sports law at the University of Bergamo and lawyer admitted to the Busto Arsizio bar.* 1. Introduction.The so-called specificity of sport represents one of the most debated, if...
SFT rejects Semenya appeal: nothing changes - By Andy Brown Published: 21 Sep 2020 Editor's note: Andy Brown is a freelance journalist who has been writing about the governance of sport for over 15 years. He is the editor of The Sports Integrity Initiative where this blog appeared first.For the last three days, I have been struggl...
The Semenya Decision of the Swiss Federal Tribunal: Human Rights on the Bench - By Faraz Shahlaei Published: 17 Sep 2020 Editor's note: Faraz Shahlaei is a JSD Candidate at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. His research and teaching interests are public international law, international sports law, international human rights and dispute resolution. The issue of internat...
The SFT’s Semenya Decision under European human rights standards: Conflicting considerations and why a recourse could be successful at Strasbourg - By Kevin Gerenni Published: 15 Sep 2020 Editor's note: Kevin Gerenni is Assistant Professor in Public International Law (Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires) and LLM Candidate 2021 in Public International Law at the London School of Economics. Even though the decision rend...
Selected procedural issues –and questions– arising out the Caster Semenya Judgment of the Swiss Federal Tribunal - By Despina Mavromati Published: 11 Sep 2020 Editor's note: Dr Despina Mavromati is an attorney specializing in international sports law and arbitration (Sportlegis Lausanne) and a UEFA Appeals Body Member. She teaches sports arbitration and sports contracts at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland &n...
Caster Semenya Case Exposes Design Flaws in International Sports Governance - By Roger Pielke Jr. Published: 10 Sep 2020 Editor's note: Roger Pielke Jr. is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder The decision this week by the Swiss Federal Tribunal not to revisit the arbitral decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case of Caster Semenya wa...
Caster Semenya at the SFT – in 10 points - By Jack Anderson Published: 10 Sep 2020 Editor's note: Jack Anderson is Professor and Director of Sports Law Studies at the University of Melbourne 1. Caster Semenya appealed to the Swiss Federal Court (SFT) arguing that World Athletics’ regulations violated human ri...
