Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 31
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- States should implement measures to facilitate the use of sporting goods, services, information and facilities. This facilitation can be considered in terms of availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality, and may take the form of economic assistance, or direct interventions or training. Consultations carried out for the present report suggest that, where appropriate, a State might financially partner with private entities to build facilities, in order to improve availability in certain areas or regions. Or, where accessibility is constrained on financial grounds for certain members of the population, subsidized access to sporting goods, services and facilities should be considered. A State might achieve this by implementing a voucher system (Georgia) or by adopting a policy allowing free or low-cost access to group sport or classes (Israel). Other interesting examples include waiving taxation on sporting goods (Brunei) and implementing taxation exemptions for bicycle use (Finland). Finally, States may take steps to improve both the acceptability and the quality of existing resources, by training and sensitizing personnel at sporting facilities within its jurisdiction and by engaging the populations concerned in the design, monitoring and evaluation of sports-related policies, programmes and services.
- 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
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Health, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/33, para. 31.
- Paragraph number
- 31
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