Аннотация:The main topic of this study is the relationship between sport and dignity.By taking a pedagogical perspective, we will analyze whether sport, understood as human and educational practice, expresses human dignity and human rights, as stated in the Olympic Charter as well as in many declarations and documents of United Nations and the Council of Europe.Everybody has the right to health, social inclusion, and leisure: this is the reason why the above mentioned international organizations regard sport, which is always referred to as healthy and ludic activity, as a key means to promote the fundamental rights and dignity of people as human beings and citizens.Nevertheless, we will argue that the way in which we conceive sport in our society is at odds with the goal of turning it into real inclusive practice.For this reason, we need to critically rethink sport in order to avoid the presence of the so-called "hidden curriculum" in the discourse that conceives of sport as a human right linked to the concept of human dignity.In this study, we will use a deconstructionist methodological approach.Our main conclusion will be that sport can be better rethought from a social, inclusive, and educational perspective, rather than from a merely rhetorical one.From such an inclusive standpoint, sport can play a fundamental role to promote both contemporary human rights education and human dignity.
