EAPO in partnership with CNPEA, ILC and GAROP provided an informative session with updates on the work of the UN Open Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA14)  including the historic decision on April 3rd, 2025 by the 58th Human Rights Council in Geneva to start drafting a UN convention on the rights of older persons, a legally binding instrument.

With this new chapter, we begin building a world where everyone can live and age with the dignity and respect they deserve.

SPEAKERS

Silvia Perel-Levin, Independent consultant on ageing, health and human rights of older persons

Ina Voelcker, Co-Chair of Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People (GAROP) Steering Group, BAGSO – German National Association of Senior Citizens‘ Organisations

Ellen Graham, Coordinator of the Secretariat of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People (GAROP)

Margaret Gillis, Founding President of the International Longevity Centre Canada

Resources: 

Websites and Partner Organizations  

Ageing General Assembly:  https://social.desa.un.org/issues/ageing/general-assembly

Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse: www.cnpea.ca

Canadian Coalition Against Ageism (CCAA) : www.ilccanada.org/ccaa
Join as member: https://ccaageism.ca/join

Decade of Healthy Aging: www.decadeofhealthyageing.org

Global Alliance for the Rights of Older Persons (GAROP)  https://rightsofolderpeople.org

International Longeveity Centre Canada: www.ilccanada.org

United Nations DESA Programme on Ageing:  https://social.desa.un.org/issues/ageing

 

GAROP LINKS

CNPEA RIghts,
GAROP,
Human rights,
ILC,
UN Convention
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