RIGHTS FOR OLDER PEOPLE
UK
Resources
Articles and publications
UK
UK Opening Statement to 2019 OEWG on Ageing
International
Europe Opening Statement to 2019 OEWG on Ageing
GAROP - New report: ‘Our Voices, Our Rights – What older people say about the normative elements of their right to independence and autonomy’
OEWG on Ageing Chair Summary Document
The Pre-negotiation of UN Human Rights Treaties: the case of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Annie Herro, UNSW, March 2018)
The human rights of older persons: the politics and substance of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (Annie Herro, UNSW, May 2017)
UN and Human Rights Bodies
Official UN website on Open-ended Working Group
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) – Ageing
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – Older Persons
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – International Standards
African Commission on Human and People’s Rights
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights
The Global Alliance For The Rights of Older People (GAROP)
GAROP - Normative elements of the right to lifelong learning education and skills building_final
GAROP - Normative elements of the right to social security and social protection
Official Documents and UN Processes
International Human Rights Law
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (available in more than 300 languages and dialects)
Human Rights of Older People Source Database:
The database was put together by The Academy of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, which is part of the Washington College of Law in The American University in Washington D.C. Funded by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), this project has captured and made available international, regional and national policy frameworks and laws that pertain to the rights of older people.
Brasilia Declaration:
‘Second Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing in Latin America and the Caribbean: towards a society for all ages and rights-based social protection’, ECLAC UN, Brasilia, Brazil, 4–6 December 2007.
Report of the Expert Group Meeting: ‘Rights of Older Persons’: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Social Policy and Development, Programme on Ageing, Bonn, Germany, 5–7 May 2009
The Toronto Declaration on the Global Prevention of Elder Abuse, WHO/INPEA, 2002