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This book focuses on descriptions of the developments in legal frameworks and policies regarding the human rights of older persons. First, it covers the policies adopted and practices developed at the universal system, particularly within the sphere of the United Nations. Second, it includes a side-by-side comparison of the work of regional human rights mechanisms, which have picked up some momentum in the past decade. Through its inclusion of law, policy, and current processes, the widest net possible has been cast to collect a descriptive resource for advocates. Overall, we hope that this book contributes to a better understanding of the current limitations and possibilities that international institutions offer to uphold the human rights of older persons. We expect that this information will allow states and other policy makers to move forward with the international recognition of the human rights of older persons. We know this is only a first effort in compiling and reporting the standards that are being produced by different international institutions. But we have no doubt that many others will follow with their expert analysis of these emerging standards, and that the ongoing discussion will finally crystalize in international human rights binding instruments explicitly recognizing the universal rights of older persons.

Law. --- Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law. --- Aging. --- Public International Law. --- European Law. --- Labour Law/Social Law. --- Social legislation. --- Aging --- Droit --- Droit social --- Vieillissement --- Research. --- Recherche --- Human rights. --- Older people -- Civil rights. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Law, General & Comparative --- Older people --- Civil rights. --- Aged --- Aging people --- Elderly people --- Old people --- Older adults --- Older persons --- Senior citizens --- Seniors (Older people) --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Law and legislation --- Labor law. --- Private international law. --- Conflict of laws. --- International law. --- Comparative law. --- Public international law. --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Age groups --- Persons --- Gerontocracy --- Gerontology --- Old age --- Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law . --- Public International Law . --- Human services --- Public law --- Age --- Ageing --- Senescence --- Developmental biology --- Longevity --- Age factors in disease --- Physiological effect --- Law—Europe. --- Employees --- Employment law --- Industrial relations --- Labor law --- Labor standards (Labor law) --- Work --- Working class --- Industrial laws and legislation --- Social legislation --- Law of nations --- Nations, Law of --- Public international law --- Law --- Choice of law --- Conflict of laws --- Intermunicipal law --- International law, Private --- International private law --- Private international law --- Legal polycentricity --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Civil law