Presentations/Statement - Sixth Session

Panel 1: Recent policy developments and initiatives concerning the human rights of older persons

• Ageing in urban environments:
  Developing age-friendly cities
  Ms. Tine Buffel, Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing, UK

• Older persons, humanitarian and disaster emergencies
  Mr. Edward Gerlock, Founding Member, Coalition of Services for the Elderly (COSE), Philippines

• Protecting the rights of older people in humanitarian emergencies
  Mr. Marcus Skinner, Humanitarian Policy Manager, HelpAge International, UK

• “Addressing dementia” from a human rights perspective
  Mr. Raymond Jessurun, VP, Seniors and Pensioners Assoc., St. Maarten

• From rhetoric to action: Implementing the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing
  Mr. Marvin Formosa, Director, International Institute on Ageing, Malta

• National coordinating institutions and  the protection of human rights of older persons
  Ms. Adriana Rovira, Director,  National Institute of Older Persons, Uruguay

Panel 2: Recent legislative and legal developments and challenges in the human rights of older persons

• Is there a need for a new International Convention on the Rights of Older Persons: Empirical evidence?
  Mr. Israel Doron, University of Haifa, Israel

• Older women, age and gender discrimination
  Ms. Sandra Huenchuan, ECLAC

• Update on the draft protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Older Persons in Africa
  Mr. Johan Lodewyk Strijdom, African Union

• Update on the Organization of the American States’ draft convention Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons
  Mr. Iván Chanis, Chairperson, OAS Working Group

• Implementation of the UN CRPD with regard to older persons
  Mr. Johan ten Geuzendam, Advisor,  Directorate of Equality, European Commission

Panel 3: Older persons and human rights in the post-2015 development agenda

• Reflecting human rights issues in indicators
  Ms. Grace Sanico Steffan – OHCHR via videoconference

• Process of developing a Sustainable Development Goal indicator framework
  Ms. Francesca Perucci, Chief, Statistical Services Branch, Statistics Division, DESA

• Active ageing indicators
  Mr. Asghar Zaidi, University  of Southampton, UK

• Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of All Human Rights by Older Persons
  Ms. Rosita Kornfeld-Matte