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Policy: Recognising human rights
Access to leisure is a basic human right and needs a greater focus from both the industry and governments, say Tony Veal and Atara Sivan
Published in Health Club Management 2026 issue 3
Shutterstock / Dmitry Molchanov
Access to leisure in its many forms was declared to be a basic human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948.
About the authors
Tony (AJ) Veal is adjunct professor at University of Technology Sydney, Business School. Atara Sivan is visiting professor in the department of education and psychology at Hong Kong Baptist University.
They co-chair the WLO’s special interest group on leisure and human rights: www.hcmmag.com/humanrights
Email: [email protected] and [email protected]
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