scholarly journals WHY DO WE NEED AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF OLDER PEOPLE?

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S375-S375
Author(s):  
Mika Marumoto
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Older People ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
World Population ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
International Convention ◽  
International Human ◽  
Demographic Shifts

Abstract This presentation discusses the increasing need for an international convention on the rights of older people. Such a convention would contextualize global, regional and national demographic shifts and identify gaps in existing international human rights laws, so as to better protect older persons’ rights to health and well-being. Persons aged 60 or above are expected to more than double from 2015 to reach 2 billion in 2050, with their proportion of the world population rising from 12% to 21%. By 2050, 80% of older persons are expected to live in societies that are currently labeled developing countries. Existing international human rights instruments fall short regarding pensions and protection from poverty. The presentation demonstrates ongoing global efforts, specifically through the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, to set global rights-based standards, and the roles played by civil society organizations that use network approaches in advocating for the rights of older people.

scholarly journals Global Population Aging from a Human Rights Perspective: The Need for a UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijke De Pauw
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
International Human ◽  
Global Population

Global population aging constitutes one of the greatest challenges societies face today. Projected demographic shifts will have far-reaching consequences on social security and health care systems around the globe. Not surprisingly, aging has therefore long been approached from a development perspective. In recent years, however, an international human rights approach to aging has emerged as well. It is increasingly recognized that the well-being and inclusion of older persons in society depends on the promotion and protection of their fundamental rights. While great efforts have been made towards a new UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons, many states remain critical when it comes to the adoption of category-specific rights for older adults, especially in the form of legally binding instruments. This contribution thus aims to clarify why a rights-based approach to aging remains crucial and why it is important to clarify how fundamental rights apply to older persons in an international human rights treaty.

The Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers: Unfinished Business

1993 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ved P. Nanda
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
State Sovereignty ◽  
Unfinished Business ◽  
International Regime ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
International Convention ◽  
International Human

The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families reflects a compromise between guaranteeing migrants international human rights and acknowledging state sovereignty. Notwithstanding a laudable attempt to provide in the Convention a comprehensive international regime for the protection of the migrant workers, the Convention is not an unmixed blessing. To illustrate, while the Convention creates new rights, it also limits some rights migrant workers already had under existing international human rights instruments. Also, the Convention's terminology and language suffer from ambiguities and are likely to cause uncertainty due to varying interpretations.

Migration and refugees: applying human rights to ‘everyone’?

2020 ◽  
pp. 129-140
Author(s):  
Michal Cenker ◽  
Daniel Holder
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
International Convention ◽  
International Human ◽  
Prejudicial Attitudes ◽  
To Receive

Chapter 10 critically assesses the role of international human rights protections in promoting the rights of migrants and refugees in the context of globalisation, continuing global socio-economic inequalities and global conflict. While the whole concept of human rights rests on humanitarianism and not citizenship, international human rights mechanisms, such as the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), have often allowed states to apply restricted rights to non-citizens and while the UN Migrant Worker Convention exists, it remains the only core UN human rights instrument not to receive widespread ratification. This chapter discusses some of the issues which prevent the establishment of universal human rights protections for migrants and refugees, and how such protections have often been limited by a range of economic, political and security considerations along with prejudicial attitudes in potential host countries.

The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law

2013 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
History Of ◽  
Structural Principles ◽  
International Human ◽  
Cultural Origins

This volume explores the principle and history of international human rights law. It addresses questions regarding the sources of human rights, its historical and cultural origins and its universality. It evaluates the effectiveness of procedures and international institutions in enforcing and ensuring compliance with human rights. This volume investigates the underlying structural principles that bind together the internationally-guaranteed rights and provide criteria for the emergence of new rights. It also evaluates whether the international human rights project has made a difference in the lives and well-being of individuals and groups around the world.

The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, as a Victim-Oriented Treaty

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Decaux
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Precise Definition ◽  
Crimes Against Humanity ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
International Convention ◽  
International Human ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right

The chapter is a presentation of the newest international human rights treaty, which entered into force in 2010. It is a very innovative and modern instrument, with a precise definition of the victim of a crime of enforced disappearance, as an autonomous crime, and a broad codification of the ‘right to truth, to justice and to reparation’ enshrined in article 24 of the treaty. As the ILC is working on the draft of an international convention for the prevention of crimes against humanity, it is important to avoid watering down the key legal progress enshrined in the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

scholarly journals The Triangle that could Square the Circle? The Un International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Eu and the Universal Periodic Review

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Desmond
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Periodic Review ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Member States ◽  
International Convention ◽  
Universal Periodic Review ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
International Human ◽  
The Eu

Even before it had been fully drafted, the un International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families was blighted by a debilitating lack of support from States. Described by one of the participants in the drafting process as the un’s best-kept secret, it remains the least popular of the ten core international human rights instruments and has not been signed or ratified by any of the 28 eu Member States. This article is the first substantive examination of the Convention in the context of the un’s universal periodic review. It suggests that the universal periodic review may give the kiss of eu life to the Convention by raising awareness of it, re-energising civil society to more actively advocate for its ratification and forcing Member States to once again justify non-ratification.

scholarly journals Ethiopia before the United Nations Treaty Monitoring Bodies

Afrika Focus ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Brems
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
The State ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
International Convention ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
International Human ◽  
The United Nations

Among the many human rights conventions adopted by the UN, seven are known — together with their additional protocols — as the core international human rights instruments: - The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;- The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;- The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; - The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women;- The Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; - The Convention on the Rights of the Child; - The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. The main international control mechanism under these conventions is what may be considered the standard mechanism in international human rights protection: state reporting before an international committee. An initial report is due usually one year after joining the treaty and afterwards, reports are due periodically (every four or five years). The international committees examine the reports submitted by the state parties. In the course of this examination they include information from other sources, such as the press, other United Nations materials or NGO information. They also hold a meeting with representatives of the state submitting the report. At the end of this process the committee issues 'concluding observations' or 'concluding comments'. This paper focuses on the experience of one state — Ethiopia - with the seven core human rights treaties. This should allow the reader to gain insights both into the human rights situation in Ethiopia and in the functioning of the United Nations human rights protection system.Key Words: United Nations, Human Rights Conventions, State Reporting, Human Rights Situation in Ethiopia 

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