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📰 Currently, the #humanrights of older persons are inadequately protected and scattered across different legal instruments. We urgently need a dedicated, binding instrument in this area. That’s why on this year’s #InternationalDayofOlderPersons, we reiterate our call for a dedicated UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons. ⚖ This would offer the legal protection that has been lacking for so long. 📢 In recent years, European #NHRIs have advocated intensively for this through our Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons. Their engagement, including in the UN’s Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing, has contributed to the positive momentum in this area. Collectively and individually, they’ll continue pushing for this essential binding instrument. 🔎 Read more about ENNHRI's work, including that of our Working Group, to promote and protect the rights of older persons ➡ https://lnkd.in/eFCzUj9c