A/HRC/32/33
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
4 April 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-second session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to
the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical
and mental health
Note by the Secretariat
The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 26/18,
explores the obligations of Member States of the United Nations and non-State actors
regarding sport and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health, with a
focus on sport and physical activity. The Special Rapporteur recommends that States
review their laws, policies and programmes concerning sport and healthy lifestyles to
ensure compliance with the right to health, immediately removing those that are
discriminatory or exclusionary, and implement or enforce mechanisms to protect the health
rights of amateur and professional athletes. States should also take positive steps to fulfil
the right to health by facilitating or providing access to safe spaces in which all people can
participate in sport and physical activity.
GE.16-05382(E)