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    The rights of older people in Peru

    HelpAge International, 2013
    Information on the extent to which older people enjoy their human rights in Peru israrely available or included in the State’s reports to human rights monitoring and accountability mechanisms. In response to this lack of data, HelpAge International carried out a survey in 2012 with 100 women and men over the age of 50 in Peru. This summary illustrates the key findings of the survey.
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    Including older women and men in HIV data

    HelpAge International, 2013
    A key challenge in addressing the needs of older women and men living with and affected by HIV has long been the exclusion of people aged 50 and over in HIV monitoring and reporting.
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    HIV and aging

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2013
    An increasingly significant trend in the global HIV epidemic is the growing number of people aged 50 years and older, who are living with HIV. Very few HIV strategies in low-and middle-income countries currently address this previously hidden dimension of the HIV epidemic, yet populations 50 years and older hold important implications for HIV responses.
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    The human rights of the elderly: an emerging challenge

    Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland, 2010
    The human rights of the elderly is a topic that is somewhat neglected. This paper seeks to provide an introduction to the challenges raised by the category of humanity represented by older persons. Developing a human rights regime that is adapted to the needs of the elderly should be seen as part of a larger fragmentation of the human rights project.
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    Strengthening older people’s rights: towards a UN Convention

    Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People, 2010
    Despite the existence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, older people are not recognised explicitly under the international human rights laws that legally oblige governments to realise the rights of all people.
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    Human rights in an ageing world: perspectives from around the World

    International Longevity Centre, 2007
    Containing perspectives from different ILCs around the world, including South Africa, France, Japan and India, this report examines which human rights are most important to older people in each country, and what are the key policy changes required to help older people assert their human rights.
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    Report of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing

    Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, United Nations, 2013
    The Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons.This is the report of the Fourth Session. The report in includes details of  Expert panel discussions on:
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    Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, United Nations (UN OEWGA)

    The Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing was established by the United Nations' General Assembly in 2010.
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    Grandmothers Advocacy Network (GRAN)

    The Grandmothers Advocacy Network (GRAN) is composed of volunteer grandmothers and grand-others from across Canada.
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    The rights of older persons: protection and gaps under human rights law

    2012
    Disadvantaged groups such as children, migrant workers, persons with disabilities and women have had their particular needs recognised by the United Nations. More and more people argue it is time that older persons were also identified as a distinct category, deserving special care and attention under human rights law.

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