30 September - 2 October 2014, Bangkok
UNDESA DSPD Focal Point on Ageing, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF), with the support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), HelpAge International and the International Federation of Ageing, are jointly organizing a Workshop on the Social Integration and Rights of Older Persons in the Asia-Pacific region, to foster a regional dialogue towards building consensus around promoting social integration and rights of older persons.
Background Material
- Report of the Secretary-General on Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (A/67/188)
- Compilation of Existing International Legal Instruments, Documents and Programmes related to Older Persons, General Assembly's Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (A/AC.278/2013/CRP.1)
- Report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation of older persons (E/2012/51)
- Report of DESA's Expert Group Meeting on Neglect, Abuse and Violence of Older Women, New York (5-7 November 2013)
Guidance Notes
- Session on “Ensuring Income Security for Older Persons”
- Session on “Long-term Care of Older Persons”
- Session on “The Right to Health of Older Persons”
- Session on ''Abuse,Violence and Neglect of Older Persons''