From the floor of HRC60, this reflection shows how ideals meet reality — where progress and struggle coexist, calling for deeper resolve, greater equality, and a future built on rights that protect and empower all. Ideals Tested, Humanity Shown At the Human Rights Council, ideals meet reality. During HRC60, I watched delegates debate words
From Potential to Progress: Empowering Every Generation for Social Development in Asia and Africa by Margaret Young
It was Sunday morning during the Memorial Day weekend. I walked down Third Avenue amidst the warm breeze and bustling sounds of Manhattan feeling light hearted. We made a positive stride forward on the human rights of older people. A Step Forward The 14th Session of the Working Group took place before the 2024
The Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People partnered with Josef und Luise Kraft Stiftung, a Global Alliance member organization, to organize a side event at the 14th session of the open-ended Working Group on Ageing. The side event was co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the UN and the National
The UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing is the forum that actively discusses older people's human rights. Its mandate is to identify human rights protection gaps in existing international frameworks and recommends how to address them, including whether additional instruments are needed. This Working Group consists of UN organizations, 193 UN Assembly member countries, civil society,
