Rights of Older People
Millions of older people around the globe experience human rights violations every year, ranging from age-based discrimination and social and political exclusion, to abuses in nursing facilities, neglect in refugee camps, and barriers to healthcare and other essential services. Most of these abuses go undocumented and those responsible not held to account. Covid-19 has exposed the dangerous price of ignoring the rights of older people. Never before in history have so many older people been living, and life expectancy in every region is increasing. Human Rights Watch works to improve the lives of older people today and in the future.
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June 27, 2023
“This Government is Failing Me Too”
South Africa Compounds Legacy of Apartheid for Older People
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November 7, 2022
Leave No One Behind
People with Disabilities and Older People in Climate-Related Disasters
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February 7, 2024
A Human Rights Guide to the 2024 US Elections
Vital Recommendations for Voters, Candidates, and Supporters of Democracy
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February 2, 2024
Submission on Exposure Draft - Aged Care Bill 2023: Restrictive Practices
Australian Government, Department of Health and Aged Care
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February 1, 2024
Why a Basic Income Grant Would Benefit Everyone
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December 10, 2023
75 Years since Universal Declaration, UN Still Failing Older People
International Convention Needed to Combat Ageism
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November 24, 2023
Submission to the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing
Identification of possible gaps in the protection of the human rights of older persons and how best to address them
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November 10, 2023
Older People Not Spared in Hostilities in Israel/Palestine
Older Israeli Hostages, Gaza Residents Under Bombardment at Particular Risk
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October 27, 2023
South Africa: Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
111th Session
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September 15, 2023
Older People: An Internationally Binding Instrument to Ensure Freedom from Violence, Abuse and Neglect
HRW Oral Statement - ID with the Independent Expert on Older Persons - HRC54
