This week saw a historic moment - the official start of the process of drafting the new UN convention on the rights of older persons in Geneva. The Organisational Meeting of the new Intergovernmental Working Group to elaborate a new legally binding instrument on the human rights of older persons took place from 18-20th [...]

In December following the recent election, the GAROP Steering Group selected a new Co-chair, Marta Hajek of the Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (CNPEA) to join Rose Gahire of NSINDAGIZA Organisation in Rwanda who will continue in the role of Co-chair. A message from our new Co-chairs Our Co-chairs, Marta Hajek [...]

GAROP Steering Group Statement – Human Rights Day 2025 Human Rights Day: Join the Global Rally 2026 for a strong UN convention on the rights of older persons On Human Rights Day, the GAROP Steering Group proudly announces the Age With Rights Global Rally 2026, a week of coordinated global mobilisation taking place from [...]

Statement by the Steering Group of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People (GAROP) for the United Nations International Day of Older Persons 2025 (UNIDOP 2025) 1 October 2025 On the United Nations International Day of Older Persons 2025, we celebrate the tireless efforts of campaigners who advocate for the human rights [...]

This week the UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons will present her latest thematic report to the Human Rights Council's 60th session. The report focuses on the intersection between older persons’ right to social protection and their right to work and makes a number of recommendations around [...]

Historic decision on the human rights of older persons: Governments decide to start drafting an international convention On 3 April, UN Member States in the Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted a landmark resolution[i] to create a new intergovernmental working group to draft an international legally binding instrument (UN convention) on the human rights [...]