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Annual reports

Year	Document symbol	Content of the report	Statement
2021 76^th session of the General Assembly	A/76/157 E F S R C A	The human rights of older women: the intersection between ageing and gender	Statement at the 76^th session of the General Assembly
2021 48^th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/48/53 E F S R C A	Ageism and age discrimination	Statement at the 48^th session of the Human Rights Council
2020 75^th session of the General Assembly	A/75/205 E F S R C A	Impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons	Statement at the 75^th session of the General Assembly
2020 45^th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/45/14 E F S R C A	Human rights of older persons: The Data Gap Conundrum	Statement at the 45^th session of the Human Rights Council
2019 42nd session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/42/43 E F S R C A	Human rights of older persons in emergency situations – Annex: Vienna Declaration on the Human Rights of Older Persons, including their right to education and lifelong learning, related to technological developments such as digitalization, robotics, automation and artificial intelligence of 12 and 13 November 2018 in Vienna/Austria	Statement at the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council (in French)
2018 39th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/39/50 E F S R C A	Social exclusion: concepts, manifestations and the impact on the human rights of older persons	Statement at the 39th session of the Human Rights Council (in French)
2017 36th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/36/48 E F S R C A	Robots and rights: the impact of automation on the human rights of older persons	Statement at the 36th session of the Human Rights Council
2016 33rd session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/33/44 E F S R C A	Comprehensive report	Statement at the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council
2015 30th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/30/43 E F S R C A	Autonomy and care of older persons	Statement at the 30th session of the Human Rights Council (Click here for a video of the interactive dialogue)
2014 27th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/27/46 E F S C A	First annual report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons providing preliminary views on the mandate	Statement at the 27th session of the Human Rights Council (Click here for a video of the interactive dialogue)

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Historical background of the mandate

International standards

Communication Search

Issues in Focus

Best/Good practices

Climate resilience and older refugees

Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing

Open-ended Working Group on Ageing

2014 Social Forum

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (15 June)

World Alzheimer's Day (21 September)

Older persons and dementia

International Day of Older Persons (1 October)

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (11 October)

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Human rights of older persons

2018 Vienna Declaration Human Rights of older persons

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Ms. Claudia Mahler
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons
OHCHR-UNOG CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 917 9006
E-mail: olderpersons@ohchr.org