Social Inclusion for Older Persons and Human Rights Law. The Potential for Universal and European Instruments
Social Inclusion for Older Persons and Human Rights Law. The Potential for Universal and European Instruments

Author(s): Barbara Mikołajczyk
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Civil Society, Gerontology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: human rights; social inclusion; older persons; international law; human rights mechanisms; vulnerable persons
Summary/Abstract: Global ageing is a challenge to human rights law as older people are far more vulnerable to a range of social, economic and political barriers that effectively exclude them from mainstream society. Thus, this book proposes a model of how to improve national ageing policies internationally by changing the current paradigm in the perception of older persons from passive receivers of care and assistance to active contributors to society. The author points to the need to improve the visibility of older persons internationally, promotes the idea of a treaty on their rights, and identifies areas where states and non-state actors can positively influence their social inclusion at the national level.

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