International Day for Older Persons

 The Intergovernmental Working Group on older persons is an open-ended intergovernmental body. Its primary mandate is to elaborate a comprehensive, internationally legally binding instrument on the human rights of older persons, with the objective of  promoting, protecting, and ensuring the full enjoyment of human rights by older persons . Watch the 4th Meeting, Organizational Meeting of Intergovernmental Working Group on older persons! Human Rights Council

The Intergovernmental Working Group on older persons is an open-ended intergovernmental body. Its primary mandate is to elaborate a comprehensive, internationally legally binding instrument on the human rights of older persons, with the objective of promoting, protecting, and ensuring the full enjoyment of human rights by older persons . Watch the 3rd Meeting, Organizational Meeting of Intergovernmental Working Group on older persons! Human Rights Council

 The Intergovernmental Working Group on older persons is an open-ended intergovernmental body. Its primary mandate is to elaborate a comprehensive, internationally legally binding instrument on the human rights of older persons, with the objective of promoting, protecting, and ensuring the full enjoyment of human rights by older persons. This is the first meeting of the working group. The main objective of the organisational meeting will be to determine and articulate the methods of work of the working group and to define the main elements of a programme of work for its first session. Related Sites and Documents:  Learn More . Watch the 2nd Meeting, Organizational Meeting of Intergovernmental Working Group on older persons! Human Rights Council

The Intergovernmental Working Group on older persons is an open-ended intergovernmental body. Its primary mandate is to elaborate a comprehensive, internationally legally binding instrument on the human rights of older persons, with the objective of promoting, protecting, and ensuring the full enjoyment of human rights by older persons. This is the first meeting of the working group. The main objective of the organisational meeting will be to determine and articulate the methods of work of the working group and to define the main elements of a programme of work for its first session. Related Sites and Documents:  Learn More . Watch the 1st Meeting, Organizational Meeting of Intergovernmental Working Group on older persons! Human Rights Council

The high-level meeting will provide an opportunity to exchange views and share experiences on the recommendations included in decision 14/1 of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing , in an equitable and non-exclusive manner, and to define next steps on the challenges and opportunities regarding the rights and well-being of older persons . Opening segment: H. E. Mr. Philemon Yang, President of the General Assembly Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ms. Bjørg Sandkjær, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination, Department of Economic and Social Affairs Ms. Claudia Mahler, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons Ms. Rigbe Gebrehawaria, Commissioner for Women, Children, Older Persons and Disability Rights of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission Ms. Silvia Perel-Levin, Representative of the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) and the International Longevity Centre Global Alliance (ILC...

Recalling its resolution 65/182 of 21 December 2010, in which it established an open-ended working group , open to all States Members of the United Nations , for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons by considering the existing international framework of the human rights of older persons and identifying possible gaps and how best to address them , including by considering, as appropriate, the feasibility of further instruments and measures, as well as all its subsequent resolutions on the follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing , including resolution 78/177 of 19 December 2023. Consideration Of Decision 14/1 Of The Open-Ended Working Group On Ageing , Entitled “Recommendations Regarding The Identification Of Possible Gaps In The Protection Of The Human Rights Of Older Persons And How Best To Address Them” Date: 14 August 2024.  Ageing  issue. Category: UN General Assembly Reports on Social Development. Publication in ENG...