Older persons and economic security

Date and Venue: The Twelfth Session of the Working Group will be held in Conference Room 1 from 11 to 14 April 2022 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The opening will be held at the General Assembly Hall.

Participation of NGOs – The deadline for New NGOs applying for accreditation is now closed.

Participation of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) – The deadline is now closed.

 Side-events – The deadline for submission is 5 April 2022.

 Online Registration Form for In-Person Meetings of the 12th Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing. The deadline to register is 5 April 2022.

List of NGOs Accredited to the OEWG on Ageing (as of 22 March 2022)

Call for inputs – CLOSED

The Chair of the Open-ended Working Group for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons, invites Members of the Working Group, “A” status National Human Rights Institutions, non-governmental organizations with ECOSOC Status and previously accredited organizations to the Working Group, as well as United Nations Funds, Programmes, Specialized Agencies and other UN Entities, to provide:

1. Substantive inputs on the two focus areas of the Twelfth session, namely “Contribution of Older Persons to Sustainable Development” and “Economic Security”. Please refer to “guiding questions” on each of the focus areas. Inputs should be in English and of no more than 800 words per focus area. Please send inputs to ageing@un.org

• Guiding Questions (new focus areas) on “Contribution of older persons to sustainable development” and “Economic security”

2. Substantive inputs, in the form of normative content for the development of a possible international standard on the protection of the rights of older people to the “Right to work and access to the labor market” and “Access to justice”. Please refer to “guiding questions” on each of the focus areas. Inputs should be in English and of no more than 800 words per focus area. Please send inputs to ageing@un.org

• Guiding Questions (Normative) on “Right to work and access to the labor market” and “Access to justice”
  

Twelfth Session Communications and Documents

• Provisional Agenda, A/AC.278/2022/1 – English | Français | Español | Русский | عربي | 汉语
• Proposed Organization of Work – A/AC.278/2022/CRP.1
•  Substantive Inputs in the form of Normative Content for the Development of a Possible International Standard on the Focus Areas “Right to work and access to the labour market” and “Access to justice” (A/AC.278/2022/CRP.2) – Working document submitted by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
•  Substantive Inputs on the Focus Area “Contribution of older persons to sustainable development” (A/AC.278/2022/CRP.3) – Working document submitted by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
• Substantive Inputs on the Focus Area “Economic security” (A/AC.278/2022/CRP.4) – Working document submitted by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Documents submitted to the Twelfth Session

• Documents submitted by United Nations:

  • Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights “Normative standards and obligations under international law in relation to the promotion and protection of the human rights of older persons” – A/HRC/49/70

• Documents submitted by NGOs :

  • Agewell Foundation, India:
    • Contribution of Older People in Sustainable Development with a special focus on Impact of Covid-19 on Older People, February 2022

Links to submissions from:

• Member States
• Permanent Observers: Non-Member States
• Inter-Governmental Organizations (IGOs)
• “A-Status” National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)
• Accredited Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
• United Nations System

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CoNGO Notes: For information about collaborative work of NGOs on the issues above and related matters, visit the substantive committees related to CoNGO. Visit here for specific information about the NGO Committee on Ageing New York, the NGO Committee on Ageing Geneva, and the NGO Committee on Ageing Vienna.