A/HRC/32/33 Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health in this way could include giving priority to regular physical education classes in schools, and the increased availability of safe environments in public parks and recreational spaces to encourage physical activity. 26 29. The provision of education is a State obligation under article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which should include physical education. The right of the child to education is also recognized in article 28 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Physical education is not limited to people of school age, however; it is confirmed in the International Charter of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport that every human being has a right to physical education, and that physical education, activity and sport programmes must inspire lifelong participation. This is bolstered by other human rights instruments, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women which explicitly obliges States to provide women with the same opportunities to participate actively in physical education as men.27 Accordingly, all States should take steps to update school curricula and other relevant policies to ensure compatibility with the relevant human rights instruments and the International Charter of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport. States should also take steps to facilitate or provide access to physical education for people who are not enrolled in formal education. 30. In considering the other steps necessary to increase participation in physical activity, State obligations to facilitate, provide and promote the right to health can be considered separately. Facilitate 31. 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 lowcost 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. 32. States can take other steps to facilitate the adoption of healthy lifestyles, with a view to ensuring policy coherence and effectiveness. One such measure is the adoption of laws limiting the marketing of tobacco and unhealthy food and beverages in the context of school-based sporting activities and at professional sporting events. Food advertising is frequently geared towards children, and much of it concerns foods with high levels of saturated fat, trans-fatty acids, sugar or salt (referred to hereinafter as “unhealthy foods”); this influences children’s preferences, purchase requests and consumption patterns. 28 WHO has recommended that settings where children gather should be free from all forms of 26 27 28 See General Assembly resolution 66/2. See art. 10 (g). See General Assembly resolution 66/2. 9