Open-ended Working Group on Ageing
for the purpose of strengthening the protection
of the human rights of older persons

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The Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing was established by the General Assembly by resolution 65/182 on 21 December 2010.

The working group will consider the existing international framework of the human rights of older persons and identify possible gaps and how best to address them, including by considering, as appropriate, the feasibility of further instruments and measures.

A/RES/65/182   English | Français | Español | Русский | عربي | 汉语
Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing.

NEW!
Call for NGO Input to the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing
Deadline: 15 May 2013
Posted on: 10 April 2013

For further information please click here

NEW!
Fourth Substantive Session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing
United Nations Headquarters, New York

The fourth session is scheduled to take place from 12 to 15 August 2013, in Conference Room 3 at the UN Conference Building, and will commence daily at 10:00 am.

Report of the Third Session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, A/AC.278/2012/1, 19 September 2012 - English | Français | Español | Русский | عربي | 汉语

Africa's Common Position on Human Rights of Older Persons in Africa (November 2012)

Normative Standards in International Human Rights Law in Relation to Older Persons (August 2012)