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PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF OLDER PEOPLE

On 21 December 2010, the United Nations General Assembly established an Open-ended Working Group on Ageing with a mandate to identify gaps in the protection of the rights of older people and ways in which these gaps can be addressed.

Here are ten reasons why the Working Group should recommend the strengthening of legally-binding standards on the rights of older people and the development of a new protection regime.

Endorsed By These 76 International Organizations:

60+Nepal • AARP • Africa Platform for Social Protection • African Palliative Care Association • Age International • AGE Platform, Europe • Age Rights International • Ageing Nepal • Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Society of Nepal • Asociación Cuyana de Gerontología Comunitaria e Institucional, Argentina • Associação dos Pensionistas da Segurança Social, Mozambique • Associação Esperança e Futuro, Mozambique Associação Pfuna Swissiwana, Mozambique Associação Pró-idoso, Mozambique • Association Camerounaise Pour La Prise En Charge Des Personnes Agées • Belarus Red Cross Society • Budhyauli Jeevan, Nepal • Centre for Advocacy, Learning and Livelihood, Philippines • Coalition of Services for the Elderly, Philippines Community Information Center, Oregon, USA Cordaid • Dementia South Africa • DIS-MOI (Droits humaInS – Maurice Océan Indien) European Association for Palliative Care • First Peoples Human Rights Coalition • Fórum da Terceira Idade, Mozambique • Foundation of the Blind Inc., Philippines • Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer, Argentina • Geneva International Network on Ageing • Gerontólogos Argentinos Asociación Civil • Global Action on Aging • Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People • Government Union for the Integration of Differently-abled Employees, Philippines • GRAVIS, India Gray Panthers Handicap International • HelpAge Deutschland • HelpAge Ghana • HelpAge India • HelpAge International • HelpAge International España • HelpAge Sri Lanka • HelpAge USA • Human Rights Watch • Igreja Universal, Mozambique • International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care • International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics • International Association of Homes and Services for the Aging International Consortium for Social Development – Asia Pacific Branch International Federation on Ageing • International Health Awareness Network • International Longevity Centre – Global Alliance International Longevity Centre – United Kingdom International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse Isalud University, Argentina • Jornal Expresso, Mozambique • Kibarouna, Lebanon • Lebanese Geriatric Society • Mecanismo de Apoio à Sociedade Civil, Mozambique National Council of Senior Citizens’ Organisations Malaysia National Council on Aging, USA • National Senior Citizen Federation, Nepal • Nepal Participatory Action Network • Network of Journalists Living with HIV (JONEHA) – Malawi Chapter • NGO Committee on Ageing, Geneva • NGO Committee on Ageing, New York • Older Women’s Network, Europe (OWN Europe) • Partners In Health • Perkins International • Plataforma da Sociedade Civil Moçambicana para Protecção Social • Reach One Touch One Ministries Uganda • Regional Public Foundation Assistance for the Elderly DOBROE DELO, Russian Federation • Rehabilitation International • Research Centres of Elder Law from University of Rosario (UNR), University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and University of Cordoba, Argentina • Resource Centre for the Elderly, Kyrgyzstan • Sankalpa Nepal • Silver Inning Foundation, India • Slovenska filantropija • Sutton Tamil Elders Circle, UK Union for Senior Services, Finland • Veterinaires sans Frontieres – Germany • VUKOXA, Mozambique • WITNESS, USA • Women and Law in Southern Africa • Women with Visual Impairments Group, Philippines • Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance, USA • World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations • Yayasan Emong Lansia, Indonesia • ZDUS, Federation of Pensioners' Organizations of Slovenia • Život 90, Czech Republic

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