Human Rights Council

3rd Meeting, Organizational Meeting of Intergovernmental…

3rd Meeting, Organizational Meeting of Intergovernmental Working Group on older persons

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Meetings & Events / Human Rights Council
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02:41:32
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Broadcasting UN Entity
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE IN GENEVA - UNOG
Subject Topical
HUMAN RIGHTS
Corporate Name
OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
Summary
The Intergovernmental Working Group on older persons is an open-ended intergovernmental body. Its primary mandate is to elaborate a comprehensive, internationally legally binding instrument on the human rights of older persons, with the objective of promoting, protecting, and ensuring the full enjoyment of human rights by older persons.
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Item 4 continued: Interactive Discussions 

Panel 2: Elements of a Legally Binding International Instrument on the Rights of Older Persons 
  • Mr. Cherno Marenah, Moderator, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Gambia
  • Dr. Ritu Sadana, Head, WHO Secretariat UN Decade for Healthy Ageing
  • Ms. Lisa Warth, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 
  • Ms. Dorothea Schmidt-Klau, Chief Employment, Labour Markets and Youth Branch, Employment Policy Department, International Labour Organization (ILO)
  • Prof. Isabella Aboderin, Chair, Perivoli Africa Research Centre (PARC)
  • Prof. Abla Sibai, American University of Beirut
  • Hon. Commissioner Beda Angeles Epres, NHRC-Philippines 
  • Prof. Phua Kai Hong, University of Singapore
Followed by Interactive Discussion


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