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ITYF urges FIFA to protect child rights

Category: Alcohol Industry, Family, Prevention, Violence, Youth Children
Myself, along with other members of ITYF  appreciate the International efforts to reduce alcohol-related violence, protect public health and social development; we also understand that Brazilian football stadiums have been kept free from alcohol sales since 2003. These measures go along with scientific evidence from, among others, a WHO study, which included Brazil, showing that ca. 46% of violent incidents seen in emergency rooms are related to alcohol use.
We condemn the statement of FIFA General Secretary Valcke ) in its totality that the “Right to sell beer has to be a part of the World cup law.“ 
ITYF members also urge the Brazilian Government to uphold the best interest of the child, respect the scientific evidence and
social needs of children and youth to maintain the ban in the new law.
ITYF has announced a National Level Regional Workshop and National Level ITYF General Assembly on 14th and 15th April 2012 at Wardha, Sewagram, Nagpur, India.  I look forward to have a greater consultation on the issue of Sports and Alcohol in this upcoming workshop. For ITYF workshop participation, please visit http://www.ityf.in/
We see a great need for many countries around the world, including our own as well as Brazil, to do more and become better in implementing the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) in policy making. Brazil signed the  CRC in January 1990 and the Parliament ratified it later in September the same year.
We think that 22 years should have given the Brazilian decision-makers enough time to practice to give “primary consideration” to the Best Interest of Brazilian children when making decisions about public policies. If the Best Interest of children is considered by the Brazilian Parliament and government, football will be kep alcohol free. ITYF hopes and encourages Brazil to stand strong against Fifa and do what they said they would do when they signed the CRC in 1990.

Suneel VatsyayanSuneel's BlogPublished: 2012.04.06
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