The Human Rights of Older Persons

A/HRC/RES/51/4View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2012–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/60/11

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/60/11	The human rights of older persons	761	75%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/4	The human rights of older persons	692	88%Compare
2019	A/HRC/RES/42/12	The human rights of older persons	619	34%Compare
2016	A/HRC/RES/33/5	The human rights of older persons	1,276	31%Compare
2013	A/HRC/RES/24/20	The human rights of older persons	1,054	49%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Ageing Persons Experts Human Rights

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the work of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons;

Decides to extend the mandate of Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons for a period of three years according to the terms set out by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 33/5;

Requests all Governments to cooperate with the Independent Expert, and invites them to provide the mandate holder with all necessary information relating to the mandate;

Requests the Independent Expert to report regularly to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly in accordance with their respective programme of work;

Also requests the Independent Expert to work in close coordination, while avoiding unnecessary duplication, with the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, including by participating in its annual session;

Encourages all relevant stakeholders, including United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions and civil society, and invites the private sector, donors and development agencies, to cooperate fully with the Independent Expert to enable the mandate holder to fulfil the mandate;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the reports of the Independent Expert are brought to the attention of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 3 of General Assembly resolution 67/139 of 20 December 2012, and to the Assembly;

Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Independent Expert with all the human, technical and financial resources necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandate;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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