Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 94
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- In the consultations connected with the present report, new initiatives reported by States indicated great interest and creativity in regard to the promotion of sport and healthy lifestyles. These included a "Health Academy" programme incorporated into a basic health-care scheme (Brazil); the removal of taxes on sporting goods (Brunei and Mauritius); frameworks for the inclusion of minority groups, namely Roma (Bulgaria); the recognition of sport as a cultural right (Finland); the implementation of school sports programmes, such as "Sports Olympiads" (Georgia); free public sports programmes, including Zumba dancing (Honduras), aerobics classes (Malta) and "School of Health" volunteer-led exercise classes (Slovenia); doctors "prescribing" exercise to patients (Israel); an annual "Sports Day" (Qatar); and citizen-led cycling groups (Saudi Arabia).
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Health, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/33, para. 94.
- Paragraph number
- 94
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