Towards a new Convention for the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons?
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Towards a new Convention for the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons?
Original language description
As a reaction to ageing of the world population, increasing attention has been paid to the social and legal status of older persons in recent years. Proposals have even been made to adopt a new human rights instrument that would apply specifically to older persons. The paper first discusses to what extent rights of older persons can be conceptualized as a special category of human rights. It shows that although the concept of older persons is to a large extent socially constructed, the way in which the global process of ageing is typically presented turns older persons into a vulnerable group in need of a special human rights protection. The paper then reveals that current human rights law fails to grant such protection. Although older persons are subject to various hard and soft law instruments, this regulation is rather incomplete and has various flaws. Bearing this in mind, the paper concludes by making a case for the adoption of a new convention for the protection of the human rights of older persons.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AG - Legal sciences
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Czech Yearbook of Public and Private International Law, česká ročenka mezinárodního práva veřejného a soukromého
ISSN
1805-0565
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Volume of the periodical
2016
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
173-196
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