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Human Rights of Older People

Part of the book series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice ((IUSGENT,volume 45))

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Great strides have been undertaken since the first legal article on older persons’ rights was published in 2002.

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  1. 1.

    Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón & Claudia Martin, The International Human Rights Status of Elderly Persons, 18 Am. U Int’l L. Rev. 915, 969 (2002).

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    Report of the Ninth Session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, (June 10–12 2004), at 14, http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/Review/english/documents/ECLACOutcomeDocument-English.pdf (last visited Oct. 23, 2014).

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    Expert Group Meeting on the Rights of Older Persons, Bonn, Ger., May 5–7, 2009, Report of the Expert Group Meeting on the Rights of Older Persons, 14, www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/documents/egm/bonn09/report.pdf (last visited Oct. 23, 2014).

  5. 5.

    See A.E. Boyle, Some Reflections on the Relationship of Treaties and Soft Law, 48 Int’l & Comp. L.Q. 901, 901–904 (1999).

  6. 6.

    Id. at 907.

  7. 7.

    Report of the Expert Group Meeting on the Rights of Older Persons, supra note 4, at 14.

  8. 8.

    See I. Doron & I. Apter, The Debate around the Need for an International Convention on the Rights of Older Persons, 50 (5) The Gerontologist 590 (2010).

  9. 9.

    Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Mission to Cuba: A/HRC/7/5/Add.3

  10. 10.

    See O. Hathaway, Why Do Nations Join Human Rights Treaties?, 51 Journal of Conflict Resolution 590 (2007).

  11. 11.

    David Hutton, Older People in Emergencies: Considerations for Action and Policy Development, WHO, 2008 World Health Organization.

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    See Older Persons in Emergencies: An Active Ageing Perspective World Health Org. (WHO), (2008), http://www.who.int/ageing/publications/EmergenciesEnglish13August.pdf (last visited Feb. 18, 2015).

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    Id.

  15. 15.

    U.N. Secretary-General, Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing: Submitted Pursuant to G.A. Res. 65/182, U.N. Doc. A/ 66/173 (Jul. 22, 2011).

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    See Id.

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    Record of the Special Meeting of the Permanent Council, OAS Doc. CP/SA. 1776/10 (Oct. 28, 2010).

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    Permanent Council of the OAS, Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs, Work Plan of the Working Group on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons, OAS Doc. CAJP/GT/DHPM-1/11 rev. 2 (Oct. 21, 2011), http://www.oas.org/consejo/cajp/personas%20mayores.asp (last visited Feb. 18, 2015).

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    Permanent Council of the OAS, Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs Working Group on Protection of the Human Rights of Older Person, Report on the Situation of Older Persons in the Hemisphere and the Effectiveness of Binding Universal and Regional Human Rights Instruments with Regard to Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons, OAS Doc. CAJP/GT/DHPM-14/11 rev. 1 (Dec. 21, 2011).

  22. 22.

    African Comm’n on Human and Peoples’ Rights [ACHPR]. Statement of Reine Alapini-Gansou: The Legal Protection of the Rights of Older Persons in Africa (Apr. 20, 2011), http://www.globalaging.org/agingwatch/convention/un/Alapini%20-PROTECTIONDPA%20AFRIQUE%5B1%5D.pdf.

  23. 23.

    ACHPR, Statement on Behalf of the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions at the Opening Session of the ACHPR 50th Ordinary Session (Oct. 24, 2011–Nov. 7, 2011), http://www.achpr.org/sessions/50th (last visited Feb. 18, 2015).

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    See U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing for the Purpose of Strengthening the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons, EU Opening and Closing Statements (July 30, 2014–August 1, 2014), http://social.un.org/ageing-working-group/govstatementfifth.shtml (last visited Oct. 23, 2014).

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    Council of Europe Comm. of Ministers, Recommendation to Member States on the Promotion of Human Rights of Older Persons, CM/Rec(2014)2 (Feb. 14, 2014), https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=2162283&Site=COE&BackColorInternet=C3C3C3&BackColorIntranet=EDB021&BackColorLogged=F5D383 (last visited Feb. 18, 2015).

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    Association of Southeast Asian Nations [ASEAN], Roadmap for an ASEAN Community 2009–2015 - Social Justice and Rights (2009), http://www.asean.org/images/2012/publications/RoadmapASEANCommunity.pdf (last visited Feb. 18 2015).

  27. 27.

    See, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, May 3, 2008, 2515 U.N.T.S. 3.

  28. 28.

    Sandra Huenchuan and Luis Rodríguez-Piñero, U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carribean, Ageing and the Protection of Human Rights: Current Situation and Outlook, 15, (Mar. 2011, Sandra Huenchuan & Luis Rodríguez-Piñero).

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  1. Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, Academy on Human Rights, Washington, DC, USA

    Claudia Martin

  2. Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC, USA

    Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

  3. HelpAge USA, Washington, DC, USA

    Bethany Brown

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Martin, C., Rodriguez-Pinzon, D., Brown, B. (2015). Introduction. In: Human Rights of Older People. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 45. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7185-6_1

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