Promoting Human Rights Through Sport and the Olympic Ideal

A/HRC/RES/37/18View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2013–2020

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/43/18

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2020	A/HRC/RES/43/18	Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal	2,093	54%Compare
2018	A/HRC/RES/37/18	Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal	2,213	52%Compare
2016	A/HRC/RES/31/23	Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal	1,423	64%Compare
2014	A/HRC/RES/27/8	Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal	1,156	48%Compare
2013	A/HRC/RES/24/1	Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal	1,011	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Anti-Discrimination Measures Conferences Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Education International Cooperation Olympic Games Sports Sustainable Development

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10 operative paragraphs

Encourages States to promote sport as a means to combat all forms of discrimination;

Calls upon States to cooperate with the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee in their efforts to use sport as a tool to promote human rights, development, peace, dialogue and reconciliation during and beyond the period of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, in particular by observing the Olympic Truce;

Encourages States to adopt best practices and means to promote the practice of sport and physical activities by all members of society, and to cultivate a sports culture in society;

Invites States and national, regional and international sports organizations to, where appropriate, implement new or strengthen existing programmes that provide more opportunities and facilitate barrier-free access to sport for all, in particular for children and youth, persons with disabilities, and women and girls, and substantially increase opportunities for women’s participation and leadership in all areas of sport, and in this regard encourages States to leverage sport and physical education policies and programmes to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls;

Encourages States and national, regional and international sports organizations to enhance human rights awareness and education, including the values of sport, of athletes, coaches and other sports officials;

Calls upon States to take effective measures to address vandalism and violence during and around sporting events, and to encourage national, regional and international sports organizations to contribute to that end;

Welcomes the cooperation among Member States, the United Nations and its specialized agencies, funds and programmes, the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee to maximize the potential of sport to make a meaningful and sustainable contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and encourages the Olympic and Paralympic movements to work closely with national, regional and international sport organizations on the use of sport for this purpose;

Decides to incorporate into its programme of work a thematic panel discussion with regard to promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal, to be held once every four years at the session of the Human Rights Council preceding the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, and also decides that the discussions will be fully accessible to persons with disabilities;

Also decides that the first such panel discussion will be organized at its forty-fourth session, ahead of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo;

Further decides to remain seized of the matter.

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