TY - BOOK ID - 4869048 TI - Human Rights of Older People : Universal and Regional Legal Perspectives AU - Martin, Claudia AU - Rodríguez-Pinzón, Diego AU - Brown, Bethany PY - 2015 VL - 45 SN - 9789401771856 9401771847 9789401771849 9401771855 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Science+Business Media, DB - UniCat KW - Law. KW - Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law. KW - Aging. KW - Public International Law. KW - European Law. KW - Labour Law/Social Law. KW - Social legislation. KW - Aging KW - Droit KW - Droit social KW - Vieillissement KW - Research. KW - Recherche KW - Human rights. KW - Older people -- Civil rights. KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Law, General & Comparative KW - Older people KW - Civil rights. KW - Aged KW - Aging people KW - Elderly people KW - Old people KW - Older adults KW - Older persons KW - Senior citizens KW - Seniors (Older people) KW - Basic rights KW - Civil rights (International law) KW - Human rights KW - Rights, Human KW - Rights of man KW - Law and legislation KW - Labor law. KW - Private international law. KW - Conflict of laws. KW - International law. KW - Comparative law. KW - Public international law. KW - Human security KW - Transitional justice KW - Truth commissions KW - Age groups KW - Persons KW - Gerontocracy KW - Gerontology KW - Old age KW - Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law . KW - Public International Law . KW - Human services KW - Public law KW - Age KW - Ageing KW - Senescence KW - Developmental biology KW - Longevity KW - Age factors in disease KW - Physiological effect KW - Law—Europe. KW - Employees KW - Employment law KW - Industrial relations KW - Labor law KW - Labor standards (Labor law) KW - Work KW - Working class KW - Industrial laws and legislation KW - Social legislation KW - Law of nations KW - Nations, Law of KW - Public international law KW - Law KW - Choice of law KW - Conflict of laws KW - Intermunicipal law KW - International law, Private KW - International private law KW - Private international law KW - Legal polycentricity KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Civil law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4869048 AB - 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. ER -