The aims of the workshop were:

• Raise awareness of the socio-economic rights of older-persons;
• Provide a forum for engaging on the challenges older persons face in enjoying their socio-economic rights and how these could be addressed;
• Explore opportunities for ensuring that the rights of older persons are promoted and protected;
• Provide an opportunity for evaluation of the extent to which the government considers the needs of older persons when working towards meeting the MDGs;
• Strengthen networks of experts and practitioners working towards promoting the rights of older persons.

The workshop programme can be accessed here.
 

For the workshop report, click here

The presentations made at the seminar as well as a summary of the key challenges identified are available here
   
The presentations will also be published in the first issue of the ESR Review for 2011. The ESR Review is a quarterly publication of the Community Law Centre, and can be accessed here

For a media briefing on the workshop, click here

For a media statement issued following the workshop, click here

Read the background note to the workshop here

For resources on the socio-economic rights of older persons, click here

Funding for the workshop was contributed by the Foundation for Human Rights which is funded by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the European Union under the sector budget support programme – Access to Justice and Constitutional Rights

Financial assistance was also been contributed by the European Union.

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