A/HRC/32/33 (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). 23

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