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Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Diego Rodriíguez-Pinzón
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International Legal Materials , Volume 55 , Issue 5 , October 2016 , pp. 985 - 1006
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2016

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* This text was reproduced and reformatted from the text available at the Organization of American States website (visited October 1, 2016), http://www.oas.org/en/sla/dil/docs/inter_american_treaties_A-70_human_rights_older_persons.pdf.

1 Claudia Martin, Diego Rodríguez-Pinzoón & Bethany Brown, Human Rights of Older People: Universal, and Regional Perspectives 9 (2015).

2 See G.A. Res. 217 (III) A, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 25(1) (Dec. 10, 1948); Organization of American States, Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador,” art. 17, Nov. 17, 1988, T.S. No. 69, 28 I.L.M. 156; Organization of African Unity, African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art. 18, June 27, 1981, OAU Doc. CAB/LEG/67/3 rev. 5, 21 I.L.M. 58; Council of Europe, European Social Charter (revised), art. 23, May 3, 1996, E.T.S. 163, 36 I.L.M. 31; European Union, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, art. 25, Dec. 7, 2000, 2000 O.J. (C 364/1), 40 I.L.M. 266; Andean Charter for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, arts. 46, 47, July 26, 2002.

3 Convention on the Rights of the Child, Nov. 20, 1989, 1577 U.N.T.S. 3; Council of Europe, European Convention on the Exercise of Children’s Rights, Jan. 25, 1996, E.T.S. No.160; Organization of African Unity, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, July 11, 1990, OAU Doc. CAB/LEG/24.9/49.

4 G.A. Res. 61/295, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Sept. 13, 2007), 46 I.L.M. 1013 (2007); International Labor Organization, Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries No. 169, June 27, 1989, 28 I.L.M. 1382.

5 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Dec. 21, 1965, 660 U.N.T.S. 195; Organization of American States, Inter-American Convention Against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance, June 5, 2013, T.S. No. A-68; Council of Europe, Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Nov. 4, 2000, E.T.S. No. 177.

6 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Dec. 13, 2006, 2515 U.N.T.S. 3; Organization of American States, Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities, June 7, 1999, T.S. A-65.

7 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Dec. 18, 1979, 1249 U.N.T.S. 13; Organization of American States, Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women “Convention of Belem do Para,” June 9, 1994, 33 I.L.M. 1534; Council of Europe, Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, May 11, 2011, E.T.S. No. 210; African Union, Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, July 11, 2003.

8 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, July 28, 1951, 189 U.N.T.S. 137; Organization of African Unity, Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, Sept. 10, 1969, 1001 U.N.T.S. 45.

9 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, Dec. 18, 1990, 2220 U.N.T.S. 93.

10 G.A. Res. 65/182 (Dec. 21, 2010).

11 G.A. Res. 67/139 (Dec. 12, 2012).

12 G.A. OAS Res. 2654 (XLI-O/11) (June 7, 2011).

13 Organization of American States, Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons, June 15, 2015, T.S. No. A-70.

14 Id. preamble.

15 Id. art. 1.

16 Id. art. 4.

17 Id.

18 Id. art. 2.

19 Id. art. 3.

20 Id. art. 6.

21 Id. art. 30.

22 Id. art. 7.

23 Id. art. 8.

24 Id. art. 9.

25 Id. art. 11.

26 Id. art. 12.

27 Id. art. 17.

28 Id. art. 19.

29 Id. arts. 20, 22.

30 Id. art. 24.

31 Id. arts. 13–16, 18, 31.

32 Id. art. 26.

33 Id. art. 32.

34 Id. art. 33.

35 Id. art. 34.

36 Id. art. 35.

37 Id. art. 36.

38 Id.

39 Id. art. 37.