Promoting Human Rights Through Sport and the Olympic Ideal

A/HRC/RES/27/8View PDF

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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 2014.

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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 Development Strategies Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Education International Cooperation Olympic Games Report Preparation Sports

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6 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the progress report of the Advisory Committee on the requested study on the possibilities of using sport and the Olympic ideal to promote human rights for all;³

³A/HRC/27/58.

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;

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

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 work towards a meaningful and sustainable contribution through sport to raising awareness of and to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and encourages the Olympic and Paralympic movements to work closely with national and international sports organizations on the use of sport to contribute to the achievement of the Goals;

Requests the Advisory Committee to finalize the study on the possibilities of using sport and the Olympic ideal to promote human rights for all and to strengthen universal respect for them, and to present it in a report to the Human Rights Council before its thirtieth session;

Decides to continue consideration of this issue in accordance with its programme of work.

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