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The human right to leisure in old age
— reinforcement of the rights of an aging population | | Author(s) | Iris Karev, Israel Doron |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Social Policy, vol 29, no 3, May-June 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, May-June 2017 |
| Pages | pp 276-295 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Recreation ; Rights [elderly] ; Law ; Literature reviews ; International. |
| Annotation | The right to leisure is recognized as a human right under the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The actual meaning and material content of this human right is subject to debate. This study examines the extent and the context to which this human right is specifically recognized with regard to older people. Methodologically, this study textually analysed 17 different international older persons' human rights documents, including the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA). The findings reveal that in the majority of these documents, there is no reference to the right to leisure. In the remaining documents, the right to leisure is mostly referred to indirectly or in a narrow legal construction. These findings support the notion that, despite the growing body of knowledge regarding the importance of meaningful leisure in old age and its empowering and anti-ageist nature, this knowledge has not transformed into a legal human rights discourse. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180112213 A |
| Classmark | H: IKR: VR: 64A: 72 |
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