Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 77
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States should respect the right to health of elderly people by refraining from discriminating in the form of denying access to conditions enabling them to live healthy lifestyles, which includes their access to sporting goods and facilities. States should also protect the right to health of the elderly by creating complaint and recourse mechanisms for those whose rights have been violated and by sensitizing third parties to the needs and abilities of the elderly in the sporting context. Finally, States should fulfil the right to health of the elderly by facilitating or providing goods, services, facilities and information, in the area of sport and exercise, that are available, acceptable, accessible and of high quality.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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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
Person(s) affected
Older persons
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/33, para. 77.