Second Working Session
United Nations Headquarters, New York, 1 to 4 August 2011
The Second Session of the Open-ended Working Group on strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons will be convened from 1 to 4 August 2011 in Conference Room 2 at the United Nations North Lawn Building (NLB) in New York.
- Chair's Summary
- Programme of Work - Second Session OEWG - 01-04 August 2011
- Side events-Full programme
- Daily NGO briefings - Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People
- Report of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, A/AC.278/2011/5:
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More detailed information - Side event 1, Side event 2, Side event 3
Statements to the Second Session of the Working Group
Documents and presentations from panellists
Documents Submitted by The United Nations System
- UN-DESA/Population Division - Availability of basic demographic data on the older population (July 2011)
- Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly, Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons: Second World Assembly on Ageing, July 2011
- ECLAC - La protección de la salud en el marco de la dinámica demográfica y los derechos (March 2011)
- ECLAC - Ageing, Human Rights and Public Policies (April 2009) - (english) (spanish)
Documents Submitted by NGOs
- HelpAge - Briefing paper on discrimination in old age (July 2011)
- HelpAge - Briefing paper on violence against older women (July 2011)
- HelpAge - Briefing paper on the right to health (July 2011)
- HelpAge - Briefing paper on the right to social security (July 2011)
- Agewell Foundation - Study: "Human Rights and Status of Older Women in India" (July 2011)
Participation of NGOs
- Participation of NGOs at the Second Working Session (CLOSED)
- List of new NGOs accredited to the OEWGA