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for the purpose of strengthening the protection
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Tenth Working Session

Date and Venue

The Tenth Working Session of the Working Group will be held from 15 to 18 April 2019, in Conference Room 4, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The session will be webcast live at: http://webtv.un.org

Participation of NGOs

List of NGOs Accredited to the OEWG on Ageing

List of New NGOs seeking accreditation

Participation of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs).

List of Side Events (as of 4 April 2019)

• Intersessional Events

Missed the Session? Watch the Webcast here

Tenth Session Documents

• Provisional agenda of the 10th OEWG session
  English | Français | Español | Русский | عربي | 汉语
• Proposed Organization of Work (A/AC.278/2019/CRP.1)
• Report of the Tenth Session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (A/AC.278/2019/2)
  English | Français | Español | Русский | عربي | 汉语
• List of Participants (A/AC.278/2019/INF/1)
• Substantive Inputs on the Focus Area “Education, training, life-long learning and capacity-building (A/AC.278/2019/CRP.2) - Working document submitted by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
• Substantive Inputs on the Focus Area “Social protection and social security (including social protection floors)” (A/AC.278/2019/CRP.3) - Working document submitted by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• Substantive Inputs in the form of Normative Content for the Development of a Possible International Standard on the Focus Areas “Autonomy and Independence” and “Long-term and Palliative Care” (A/AC.278/2019/CRP.4) - Working document submitted by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), in collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Statements to the Tenth Session   

• Statements
• Message from Ms. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, for the OEWG10 on Ageing - Video link
• Ageism Film Final OEWG10 - Video link

Panellists   

• Bios of Panellists

Documents submitted to the Tenth Session

• Documents submitted by NGOs
  
  • HelpAge International - Living, not just surviving, 2019: English | Español | Russian | عربي
  • Agewell Foundation - Status of Social Security & Social Protection Floors in India (with special focus on older persons), 2019
  • Age Platform Europe, HelpAge International, The Law in the Service of the Elderly and the National Association of Community Legal Centres Australia - Social security and social protection, education and lifelong learning: A discussion paper
  • Age International, on behalf of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older Persons (GAROP) - "Our Voices, Our Rights: What Older People Say about the Normative Elements of their Right to Autonomy and Independence, 2019": Final Report | Country Summaries

Call for inputs   

The Chair of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, invites Members of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, “A” status National Human Rights Institutions, non-governmental organizations with ECOSOC Status and previously accredited organizations to the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, as well as United Nations Funds, Programmes, Specialized Agencies and other UN Entities, to provide:

1. substantive inputs on the two focus areas of the 10th session, namely "Social protection and social security including social protection floors" and "Education, training, lifelong learning and capacity-building" in the context of older persons. Please refer to  “guiding questions” on each of the focus areas. Inputs should be in English and of no more than 800 words per focus area.

• Guiding Questions - Social Protection and social security including social protection floors
• Guiding Questions - Education, training, lifelong learning and capacity-building

2. substantive inputs, in the form of normative content for the development of a possible international standard on the protection of the rights of older people to “Autonomy and Independence” and “Long-term and Palliative Care”, the two focus areas of the previous 9th session of the Working Group. Please refer to "guiding questions" on each of the focus areas. Inputs should be in English and of no more than 800 words per focus area.

• Guiding Questions (Normative) - Autonomy and Independence
• Guiding Questions (Normative) - Long-term and Palliative Care

Links to submissions from:

• Member States
• Permanent Observers: Non-Member States
• Inter-Governmental Organizations (IGOs)
• "A-Status" National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)
• Accredited Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
• United Nations System