Statement from the GAROP Steering Group on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2023 Governments must address gaps and limitations in the international human rights framework to tackle elder abuse world-wide [Download this statement as a PDF document here] Violence against older persons is an unacceptable but persistent global phenomenon. It takes many different forms, [...]
The Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People (GAROP) is seeking a freelance consultant to undertake project and administrative work for the GAROP Secretariat on a part-time basis up to the end of September 2023. This is a great opportunity for an organised and dynamic individual to gain valuable experience working in an international role. Click here [...]
Our work campaigning for a new United Nations (UN) convention on the rights of older people recently took an exciting turn with the adoption of a decision (A/AC.278/2023/L.1/Rev.1) on 6th April 2023 by the Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWG) of the United Nations at its 13th The decision was adopted by consensus without [...]
Take action now! Email your Foreign Ministry and Permanent Mission in New York At the 12th Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWG) session in April 2022, Argentina made a proposal to establish an informal cross-regional core group and invited Member States committed to advancing the protection of the human rights of older people to [...]
The much-anticipated report of the August 2022 multi-stakeholder meeting on the human rights of older people has just been published! States, in cooperation with civil society, national human rights institutes, the United Nations and older persons, should develop and adopt a comprehensive convention on the human rights of older persons, says the report of [...]
Last week following the recent election, the GAROP Steering Group selected the new Chair and Deputy Chair. Margaret Young of the Pass It On Network is the new Chair of GAROP and will serve a two year term. Speaking to the Steering Group about her selection, Margaret said 'I believe that all the possibilities [...]
The UN Independent expert, Dr Claudia Mahler, conducted a visit to Bangladesh between 7 and 17th November where she met with government authorities at different levels, civil society, including more than 200 older persons, and other stakeholders. This included GAROP members in Bangladesh who participated in a workshop with the Independent Expert to present [...]