HRCHTMLField1 Athletes with disabilities should enjoy the same level of support as all other athletes, High Commissioner tells Human Rights Council
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5 March 2021
5 March 2021
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual interactive debate on the rights of persons with disabilities on the theme “Participation in sport under article 30 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”.
In her opening statement, Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights, said sport contributed powerfully to an individual s health and well-being. It reinforced inclusion in the community and complemented an enormous spectrum of broader physical activities in daily life, including through recreation and leisure. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognized the role of sport and physical activities in fostering inclusion – and efforts should be increased to make their social, emotional and health benefits a
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The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, followed by an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism.
Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, in reference to COVID-19, noted that the world had been falling behind on fully realizing the right to food even before the current pandemic, which had laid bare the inequities of the food system and accelerated this trend. There remained no internationally coordinated action responding to the hunger crisis caused by the pandemic, as had been the case with the global publ