A/RES/70/164
Measures to enhance the promotion and protection
of the human rights and dignity of older persons
8.
Recommends that States parties to existing international human rights
instruments, where appropriate, address the situation of older persons more
explicitly in their reports, and encourages treaty body monitoring mechanisms and
special procedures mandate holders, in accordance with their mandates, to pay more
attention to the situation of older persons in their dialogue with Member States, in
their consideration of reports and in their country missions;
9.
Encourages Member States to ensure that older persons have access to
information about their rights so as to enable them to participate fully and justly in
their societies and to claim full enjoyment of all human rights;
10. Invites relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system,
including relevant human rights mandate holders and treaty bodies and the regional
commissions, as well as intergovernmental and relevant non-governmental
organizations with an interest in the matter, to continue to make contributions to the
work entrusted to the Open-ended Working Group, as appropriate;
11. Encourages Member States to continue to contribute to the work of the
Open-ended Working Group, in particular by presenting measures to enhance the
promotion and protection of the human rights and dignity of older perso ns, such as
best practices, lessons learned and possible content for a multilateral legal
instrument, as appropriate, in order to enable it to fulfil its existing mandate;
12. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide all necessary
support to the Open-ended Working Group, within existing resources, for the
organization of a seventh working session, in 2016.
80th plenary meeting
17 December 2015
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