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for the purpose of strengthening the protection
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Thirteenth Session

Date and Venue

The Thirteenth Session of the Working Group will be held in Conference Room 2 from 3 to 6 April 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Participation of NGOs - The deadline for New NGOs applying for accreditation is now closed.

Participation of (“A” status) National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) - The deadline for NHRI application is now closed.

Participation of NGOs with ECOSOC Status and previously accredited NGOs to the OEWG - The deadline is CLOSED.

List of NGOs Accredited to the OEWG on Ageing (as of 2 March 2023)

New NGOs applying for accreditation

Draft List of Side Events (as of 28 March 2023)

Call for Inputs - CLOSED

The Chair of the General Assembly Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons, invites Members of the Working Group, “A” status National Human Rights Institutions, non-governmental organizations with ECOSOC Status and previously accredited organizations to the Working Group, 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 thirteenth session, namely "Right to Health and Access to Health Services" and "Social Inclusion". Please refer to the Guiding Questions on each of the focus areas. Inputs should be in English and of no more than 800 words per focus area. Please send inputs to  ageing@un.org by 20 February 2023.

• Guiding Questions on the Right to Health and Access to Health Services
• Guiding Questions on Social Inclusion

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 persons to “Economic Security” and the "Contribution of Older Persons to Sustainable Development.” Please refer to the Guiding Questions on each of the focus areas. Inputs should be in English and of no more than 800 words per focus area. Please send inputs to ageing@un.org by 20 February 2023.

• Guiding Questions on the normative content related to “Contribution of Older Persons to Sustainable Development”
• Guiding Questions on the normative content related to “Economic Security"

Thirteenth Session Communications and Documents

• Provisional Agenda - A/AC.278/2023/1
• Proposed Organization of Work - A/AC.278/2023/CRP.1
• Decision “Identification of possible gaps in the protection of the human rights of older persons and how best to address them” A/AC.278/2023/L.1/Rev.1
• Substantive inputs in the form of normative content for the development of a possible international standard on the focus areas “contribution of older persons to sustainable development” and “economic security” (A/AC.278/2023/CRP.2) - Working document submitted by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Substantive Inputs on the Focus Area "Right to Health and Health Services" (A/AC.278/2023/CRP.3) - Working Document submitted by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Substantive Inputs on the Focus Area “Social Inclusion” (A/AC.278/2023/CRP.4) – Working Document submitted by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)

Panel Presentations and Statements:

• Opening Session
  
  • Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Opening Remarks
• Follow-up to resolution 77/190: Follow-up of the focus areas of the twelfth session – Discussion on normative inputs
  
  • Rose Bongole Nakasinde, Vice Chairperson - Uganda Reach, The Aged Association Presentation
  • Andrew Byrnes, Emeritus Professor of International Law and Human Rights, University of New South Wales, Australia Statement
• Focus Area: Right to health and access to health services
  
  • Arnaud Flanquart, Director of Hospitals and Deputy Director for the Autonomy of the Persons with Disabilities and the Older Persons in the General Directorate for Social Cohesion of the Ministry of 3 Solidarity, Autonomy and the Persons with Disabilities, France Presentation
  • Li Zhihong, Director of the Department of Program Development and International Affairs of China National Committee on Ageing Statement
  • Tamar Gvaramadze, First Deputy Public Defender of Georgia Statement
• Focus Area: Social inclusion
  
  • Ovide Mercredi, ILC Canada Ambassador and Former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Statement
  • Shereen Hussein, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Research on Healthy Ageing MENARAH network Statement
• Interactive Discussion on strengthening the promotion and protection of the human rights of older persons
  
  • Lee Taegyeong, Deputy Director, Division of Senior Policy, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea Presentation
  • Silvia Perel-Levin, Chair of the subcommittee on the human rights of older persons at the NGO Committee on Ageing in Geneva Presentation

Documents submitted to the Thirteenth Session:

• Documents submitted by United Nations:
  

  • Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/52/49) - “Summary of the multi-stakeholder meeting on the human rights of older persons”

• Documents submitted by NGOs :
  

  • HelpAge International:
    • Healthy ageing for us all: What older people say about their right to health
    • Including us: What older people say about the barriers they face to social inclusion
  • Agewell Foundation, India:
    • Right To Health And Access To Health Services In Old Age With Special Focus On Social Inclusion Of Older People - March 2023

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