1. Older persons should have access to adequate food, water, shelter, clothing and health care through the provision of income, family and community support ...

Every life has equal value. Our rights do not diminish with age. “ Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 12 May 2021 ...

Protections of older people's human rights are often weak, and sometimes non-existent, which is why we need to campaign for new laws.

A UN Convention on the rights of older people is crucial if we want to ensure that as we grow older, our rights and well-being are protected and respected.

The rights of older people are embedded yet not specific in international human rights conventions on economic, social, civil, cultural and political rights.

A citizen shall have the right to social security whenever incapacitated for work by reason of sickness or invalidism as well as having attained retirement age.

Millions of older people around the globe experience human rights violations every year, ranging from age-based discrimination and social and political ...

Older persons should be able to live in dignity and security and be free of exploitation and physical or mental abuse. · Older persons should be treated fairly ...

Older people have the right to make decisions, take risks or refuse supports and interventions as long as they have the cognitive capacity to make informed.

Older people face discrimination, exclusion and abuse, particularly in care settings. The Commissioner's efforts are aimed at helping national authorities to ...