3rd Meeting, Organizational Meeting of Intergovernmental Working Group on older persons
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.
Description
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 GambiaDr. Ritu Sadana, Head, WHO Secretariat UN Decade for Healthy AgeingMs. 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 BeirutHon. Commissioner Beda Angeles Epres, NHRC-Philippines Prof. Phua Kai Hong, University of SingaporeFollowed by Interactive Discussion
Categories
Meetings & Events → Human Rights Council
Topics
HUMAN RIGHTS
Organizations
OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR