For 14 years, the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing focused on identifying gaps in the existing international framework of the human rights of older persons and determining how best to address them.
On 13 August 2024, the UN General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution deciding that the working group has completed its work, as it concluded its review of gaps and recommended 10 concrete options for the Assembly’s consideration on how to address them.
This is a major milestone, as the new resolution also urges UN bodies to consider the possible implementation of these options, which include legal mechanisms to address age-based discrimination. This is important as we know from the UN Global report on ageism that policy and law is one of three strategies that are proven to work to reduce ageism.
To read the new UN General Assembly resolution, please click here.
