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(ii)
Construction of quality infrastructure such as walking and cycling paths
to facilitate equitable access to basic exercise and active transport facilities;
(iii) Measures to facilitate or provide key/at-risk populations access to
sporting goods, services, facilities and information;
(iv) Research into, and promotion of, the benefits of engaging in sport and
physical activity as part of healthy lifestyles;
(g)
Review legislation and adopt policies to ensure that all persons, including
women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, people living with
disabilities, children, the elderly and other populations that are underserved or face
discrimination, are able to participate in and safely enjoy sports;
(h)
Require public and third-party providers of sporting and physical
activity services to adopt policies consistent with human rights standards, and create
or facilitate the production of materials designed to sensitize providers regarding the
adoption of a human rights-based approach;
(i)
Protect the physical integrity and dignity of all athletes, including
intersex and transgender women athletes, and immediately remove any laws, policies
and programmes that restrict their participation or otherwise discriminate or require
them to undergo intrusive, unnecessary medical examinations, testing and/or
procedures in order to participate in sport;
(j)
Ensure full participation of the individuals affected in the design and
implementation of programmes concerning sport and physical activity;
(k)
Periodically and independently monitor and evaluate initiatives
concerning sport and physical activity for efficacy, and compliance with human rights
standards.
102. The Special Rapporteur recommends that national human rights institutions,
non-State actors and sporting bodies:
(a)
Periodically and independently monitor and promote realization of the
right to health in the context of sport and physical activity (national human rights
institutions and civil society);
(b)
Reach consensus on policies allowing for unhindered participation in
high-level competitive and amateur sport by transgender and intersex people
(international sporting bodies);
(c)
Remove any policies that require women athletes, including intersex and
transgender women athletes, to undergo unnecessary medical procedures in order to
participate in competitive sport (international sporting bodies);
(d)
Reach consensus on policies concerning the protection of children
participating in competitive sport, including in relation to children migrating to
participate in high-level/professional sport (international sporting bodies);
(e)
Review all policies and operations concerning major sporting events and
professional sporting competitions for compliance with the Guiding Principles on
Business and Human Rights, and put in place protective mechanisms for athletes,
workers and citizenry (international/national sporting bodies; private actors).
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