1. Fit for purpose? Older people’s rights and the existing international framework

5. Attention by treaty bodies 2 CERD 4 HRC 5 CAT 75 CESCR 295 CEDAW No. of references Treaty Body

6. Attention to civil and political rights 9% Percentage of total references (444) 39 Total 1 Conditions of detention 1 Slavery and trafficking 1 Legislative framework 3 Enforced disappearances 3 Right to life, liberty and security 3 Racial discrimination 5 Name and nationality 6 Participation and right to vote 7 Property and financial credit 9 Torture No. of references Civil and political rights

7. Economic and social rights 3 Food 8 Housing 26 Work 29 Education 40 Social security 60 Health 63 Adequate standard of living No. of references Economic and social rights

13. Ensure older people with disabilities’ access to social protection and poverty reduction 28.2.b Provide services to minimise and prevent further disabilities among older people 25b Age-appropriate information on reproductive health 23.1.b Age-sensitive recovery and rehabilitation 16.4 Age-sensitive measures to prevent abuse 16.2 Recognises the need for age-appropriate accommodations to ensure disabled people’s access to justice 13.1 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2008) Prohibits discrimination based on age 1.1 and 7 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1990) The equal right of women to social security, including in old age 11.1.e Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979) The right of everyone to security in old age 25 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) Provision Art. International Human Rights Framework

14. Respects entitlement to social security in old age 34.1 Respects the rights of older people to lead a life of dignity and independence and to participate in social and cultural life 25 Prohibits discrimination based on age 21.1 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2000) Provides for outstanding care and special protection for the aged 38 Arab Charter on Human Rights (1997) Provides for special protection for older women and their right to freedom from violence and abuse 22b Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (2003) Provides older people with the right to special measures of protection in keeping with their physical or moral needs 18.4 African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (1981) Special protection (facilities, food and medical care for those that cannot provide for themselves, work programmes, establishing social organisations) in old age 17 The right to social security in old age 9.1 Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights "Protocol San Salvador" (1988) Prohibits capital punishment for people under 18 or over 70 years of age 4.5 American Convention on Human Rights (1969) Provision Art. Regional Human Rights Framework

15. Special Procedures 2 Myanmar 2 Torture 2 Human rights and extreme poverty 3 Sudan 3 Indigenous peoples 4 Korea 4 Racial discrimination 6 Adequate housing 7 Violence against women 8 Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions 11 Internally displaced people