PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH SPORT

Abstract

Sports and major sporting events have a significant potential to contribute substantially to the protection and promotion of human rights. Everyone has the right to enjoy the sport, either as spectator, competitor or player. Respect for human rights must be ensured primarily by central and local public authorities, which have a duty to create conditions of sport development: to establish appropriate policies, promotion, increase the possibilities of integration. At the same time, I think it would be an opportunity to guarantee human rights through sport, to create national, central, a non-governmental body, with ramifications for local and regional coordinating the work of volunteers in this area and that could support or prevent some cases of these rights violation. Also, the means of mass communication should contribute to promote the values acquired through sport activities, thus realizing more educational programs and legislation. Furthermore, the responsible authorities should act to help removing the discrimination based on gender in physical education and sport, action that should be followed by all factors which have an interest for education.

Keywords

• physical activity
• people
• human rights