Human rights experts raise concerns over Olympics transgender women athlete ban

Samantha Lewis Fri, 27 March 2026 at 3:34 am UTC·4 min read Over 100 human rights, sports and scientific groups, including , have criticised the International Olympic Committee’s new gender eligibility guidelines as “a blunt and discriminatory response that is not supported by science and violates international human rights law”. The IOC’s new guidelines, announced on Friday, mandate genetic sex tests for all athletes competing in its women’s categories, as well as blanket bans of people who identify as transgender, intersex or with sex differences.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Related: From Laurel Hubbard to sex testing in five years: why the Olympics U-turned on transgender...