87. Private entities, including transnational corporations, should ensure that their operations do not undermine the realization of individual health rights. In particular, companies that produce tobacco, food or beverages should abide by industry- or Government-led regulations on marketing products to children in the sporting context. Companies involved in major sporting events must also ensure that their operations meet human rights standards, and must fully implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights69 — a responsibility shared with international sporting bodies.
Year | 2016 |
Topic | Food policy Tobacco control |
Document Type | Special Reports |
Country | N/A |
Policy Area | Food marketing regulations Industry interference Tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship (TAPS) |
Human Rights | Right to health Business and human rights |
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. 87. Available at: https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G16/067/39/PDF/G1606739.pdf?OpenElement