The 34th session of Human Rights Council

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
 
The 34th session of Human Rights Council takes place 27 February-24 March 2017. All relevant documentation can be found here.
 
Several reports to this session include explicit reference to Older Persons, in particular:
A/HRC/34/58 Report of the Special Rapporteur (SR) on the rights of persons with disabilities
A/HRC/34/58/Add.1 Report of the SR on the rights of persons with disabilities, visit to Paraguay
A/HRC/34/69 Report of the 2016 Social Forum (Geneva, 3-5 October 2016)
A/HRC/34/29 Report oft he OHCHR on the realization oft he right to work
A/HRC/34/48 Add.2 Report of the SR on the right to food on her mission to Paraguay.
These reports also include specific references to older persons:
A/HRC/34/3/Add.1 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of his office in Guatemala
A/HRC/34/25 Question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights – Report of the Secretary-General
A/HRC/34/26 Report of the OHCHR on Equality and non-discrimination under article 5 of the CRPD
A/HRC/34/31 Report of the OHCHR: Principles and practical guidance on the protection oft he human rights of migrants in vulnerable situations (plus the Conference paper contained in A/HRC/34/CRP.1)
A/HRC/34/47 Report on the second session of the open-ended intergovernmental Working Group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights
 
A/HRC/34/48 Add.1 Report of the SR on the right to food on her mission to Poland
A/HRC/34/48/ Add.3 Report of the SR on the right to food on her mission to Poland: comments by the State – Note by the Secretariat
A/HRC/34/49 Report oft he SR on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
A/HRC/34/49 Report of the SR on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
A/HRC/34/51. Add.1 Report of the SR on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, mission to India
A/HRC/34/52/Add.2 Report of the SR on the situation of human rights defenders, mission to Hungary
A/HRC/34/53 Report of the SR on minority issues
A/HRC/34/53/Add.3 Report of the SR on minority issues mission to Sri Lanka – Note by the Secretariat
A/HRC/34/57 Report of the Independent Expert (IE) on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights
A/HRC/34/57/Add.1 Report of the IE on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights on his mission to institutions of the European Union
A/HRC/34/58/Add.2 Report of the SR on the rights of persons with disabilities on her visit to Zambia
A/HRC/34/68 Recommendations of the Forum on Minority Issues at its ninth session: Minorities in situations of humanitarian crises (24 and 25 November 2016)
 
The following reports of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) include recommendations or comments on older persons by a few Member States:
A/HRC/34/5 report on the Syrian Arab Republic, A/HRC/34/6 report on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, A/HRC/34/7 report on Iceland, A/HRC/34/10 report on Uganda, A/HRC/34/13 report on South Sudan, A/HRC/34/14 report on Haiti.

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