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Older people and human rights
— research and mapping report | | Corporate Author | Age Concern England - ACE; British Institute of Human Rights - BIHR |
| Publisher | Age Concern England; British Institute of Human Rights, London, 2009 |
| Pages | 39 pp |
| Source | Download: http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/AgeConcern/Documents/... |
| Keywords | Rights [elderly] ; Social policy ; Law ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | The Human Rights Act 1998 is applicable to all, but is absent from much of Government policy-making with regard to older people. The forthcoming Equality Bill has the potential to redress this imbalance and to tackle inequality. This report is the product of research into existing evidence of the human rights issues affecting older people in the UK and their engagement with human rights. It is intended to inform the Older People and Human Rights Project (OPHRP), a 3-year partnership between Age Concern England (ACE) and the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR), funded by Comic Relief. The project's overall aim is to empower disadvantaged older people to use human rights to influence decisions affecting their lives and wider public policy. The report is in four main chapters: the context; an outline of UK, European and international human rights laws; human rights issues affecting older people in the UK; and engaging older people in human rights issues. The research and mapping reviewed analysed existing research and policy reports, publications and initiatives with regard to human rights and older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091221004 E |
| Classmark | IKR: TM2: VR: 3A:6KC |
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