101. The Special Rapporteur recommends that States: (a) Review all laws, policies, regulations and programmes relating to sport and healthy lifestyles for compliance with human rights standards, and immediately amend or remove those that are discriminatory in nature or conflict with human rights; (b) Ban the advertising, promotion and sponsorship of all children’s sporting events, and other sporting events that could be attended by children, by manufacturers of alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy foods.
Year | 2016 |
Topic | Food policy Tobacco control |
Document Type | Special Reports |
Country | N/A |
Policy Area | Food marketing regulations Tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship (TAPS) |
Human Rights | Right to health Right to no discrimination |
Groups Affected | Children and adolescents |
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Interim Report on the Right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, A/HRC/32/33, (2016). Par. 101 (a-b). Available at: https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G16/067/39/PDF/G1606739.pdf?OpenElement