Multi-stakeholder meeting on the human rights of older persons
Date: 29-30 August 2022 Hybrid, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland Register here.. In its resolution 48/3, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human to convene a multi-stakeholder meeting to discuss the...
Invitation | A Colloquium towards Mobilizing Action and Driving Engagement | The Role of Civil Society in the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing
Register Here Online on Zoom Date and Time: Thursday, 14 July 2022, 9:00am – 1:00pm (Eastern Standard Time) The United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) is a global collaboration, aligned with the last ten years of the Sustainable Development Goals,...Sign an Open Letter on the Rights of Older Persons
We would like to invite you as civil society organisations to sign an Open Letter on the Rights of Older Persons urging UN member states to take action and commence the drafting of a new UN convention on the rights of older persons. Please click here to download the...
Human rights in older age: Towards the elimination of ageism and age discrimination
Tuesday 21 September 2021 14:00-15:15 CEST Virtual side event during the 48th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) Register here: bit.ly/HumanRightsinOlderAge Event will also be webcast live on https://media.un.org/en/webtv/Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons
Monday 20 September 2021 at 10:00 am CEST The Dialogue will be webcast live on https://media.un.org/en/webtv/ Find all reports by the Independent Expert here: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/OlderPersons/IE/Pages/Reports.aspx
HLPF 2021: COVID-19 Pandemic: A Stress Test of Global Ageing
TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021 19:00 PM – 20:30 PM CEST VIRTUAL The session can be watched live on un web tv https://media.un.org/en/webtv Older Persons have been among the first and hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. In many respects the pandemic could be viewed as a...
HLPF 2021: Ensuring that no one is left behind
TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021 18:00 PM – 19:00 PM CEST HYBRID The session can be watched live on un web tv https://media.un.org/en/webtv When Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, they pledged that no one would be left behind, and that they...
Interactive civil society dialogue with WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
“Strengthening connections across sectors: Building partnerships for healthy ageing in and beyond the COVID-19 era” Wednesday 16 June 15:00-16:30 Geneva time. Organized by a consortium of civil society organization working on healthy ageing, this dialogue aims to find...