This document discusses the need for and history of conventions on the rights of older persons. It notes that human rights of the elderly are being violated due to factors like nuclear families and lack of social security. A convention is needed to establish legal standards against ageism, clarify how rights apply to older adults, and ensure state accountability. An effective convention would prohibit age discrimination, articulate how rights apply at older ages, and provide strong implementation and monitoring. The focus would be persons over 60, as longevity is increasing worldwide. While interest is growing, age discrimination remains under-addressed. Future efforts should promote rights, implement national policies, potentially create a UN convention, and raise global awareness.

2. Human Rights of elderly people are increasingly
being violated because of the following reasons;
Popularity of nuclear
and small families.
Lack of intergenerational
interaction.
Non-existence of an
inclusive social security
system.

3. Why we need different types of Conventions
on the Rights of Older Persons
We need a convention to:
• establish legal standards that challenge and replace
stigmatising and de-humanising ageist attitudes and
behaviour.
• clarify how human rights apply in older age
• ensure states understand their human rights obligations
to us in our older age
• better understand and assert our rights in our older age
• improve accountability of states for their human rights
obligations towards us in older age
• provide a framework for policy and decision making.

4. What the convention on the rights of
Older Person must consists of ?
A convention must :
• provide a comprehensive and systematic
framework for the protection and promotion
of all our human rights in older age
• prohibit all forms of discrimination in older
age in every aspect of our lives
• articulate how each human right specifically
applies to us in older age
• provide for a strong implementation,
monitoring and accountability system.

5. Purpose and Focus of Conventions on
the Rights of the Older Persons
• The proposed Convention on the Rights of the
Older Persons is likely to be the next major Human
Rights Treaty adopted by the United Nations.
• Focus of the Treaty will be persons over 60 years of
age, which is growing demographic worldwide due
to increased population ageing.
• The need for a treaty has arisen due to issues
surrounding demographic changes from population
ageing.
• This has led to significant interest in how to best
ensure the well being of older persons.

6. History of the convention on the rights
of Older Person
The Open-
Ended World
Group on
Ageing
(OEWGA)
World
Assembly on
Ageing
United
Nations
Principles on
Ageing
The Second
World War
Assembly on
Ageing

7. % of Population aged above 60%
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
BRAZIL
INDIA
U.K
AUSTRALIA
ETHIOPIA

8. Concept of Human Rights
Human Rights refer to the right of every person
to live a dignified life without facing any
discrimination on the basis of religion, gender,
caste, race or country.
Right to Social
Security
Right to Health
Right to
freedom from
violence, abuse
& neglect
Right to
Protection &
safety in
Humanitarian
emergency
Right to
support &
assistance

15. Failure of conventions on the rights of
Older Persons
Age discrimination is only explicitly prohibited in
1 out of the 9 UN Human Rights Conventions.

16. Way Forward in Protecting Older
Persons Rights
Protecting Older
people rights
Promoting Older
people rights
Implementing
National policies
Creating potential
UN convention
Creating
awareness globally

17. 2030 Agenda “No one will be left behind”

18. The commitment to leave no one behind in 2030 sustainable
development Agenda

19. International Year of Older Persons
• In its Proclamation on Aging, the United Nations General Assembly
decided to declare 1999 as the International Year of Older Persons.
• The proclamation was launched on 1 October 1998, the International Day
of Older Persons, by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.

20. International Day of Older Person
• The UN International Day of Older Persons is an opportunity
to highlight the important contributions that older people make to
society and raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges of
ageing in today's world.
• Observed on 1st October
• Theme of 2020 : ‘Towards a society for all ages’
• The theme elicits the full engagement of all segments of society.