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Cooperation between Governments and Civil Societyin Latin America and the Caribbean
in the Development of Regional Policieson the Rights of Older Persons
Jorge Plano (Argentina)Coordinación de Organismos de la
Sociedad Civil de América Latina y el Caribe sobre Envejecimiento y Vejez CORV
Social Forum. Geneva, 1-3 de april 2014 Los derechos de las personas de edad
Civil society meetings and governments meetings
SC: 2003, Santiago Declaration of Civil Society (11 countries)
G: 2003, Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Aging, Santiago, Chile
Civil society meetings and governments meetings
SC: 2007, Regional Forum on Ageing of Civil Society Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean, Brasilia. "Brasilia Charter " (16 countries)
G: 2007, Second Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing, Brasilia. "Brasilia Declaration"
Civil society meetings and governments meetings SC: 2009, Regional Meeting of Civil Society
Organizations, Santiago de Chile, October. "Ageing with Rights: Principles and strategies of civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean on aging" (17 countries)
G: 2009, III Follow-up meeting of the Declaration of Brasilia, Santiago, Chile, October
Civil society meetings and governments meetings SC: 2012 Regional Meeting of the Civil
Society on Ageing Madrid +10: From plan to action, "Tres Ríos Declaration ", San José, Costa Rica (19 countries)
G: 2012, Third Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing in Latin America and the Caribbean, San José, Costa Rica. "San José Charter"
Civil society meetings and governments meetings SC: 2013 Civil Society Meeting, San
José. “Contributions from Civil Society for the Implementation and Follow Up of the Charter of San Jose”
G: 2013: Follow-up to the San José Charter, San José
Participants in civil society meetings
Older people's organizations Teaching and research academic
institutions NGOs Professionals of ageing related fields
Structure of civil society declarations
Current situation Proposals to governments Commitments made by the civil society
CELADE / ECLAC
Significative participation of CELADE-Population Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) as a driver and organizer of the regional government meetings on ageing.
Organization of American States (OAS)
2011: Creation of "Working Group on the Protection of human rights of older persons "
Start to work on a draft Inter-American Convention
OAS mechanisms for accrediting organizations of civil society are complex and slow. Civil society have sent written comments.
The Working Group should generate comprensive and agile mechanisms for civil society participation.
Current Status of Human Rights Instruments on Ageing
Scattered in multiple documents Lacks explicit specificity of rights Lacks of a set of rules that guide the
actions
Advantages of a Convention Supersede the scattered standards Strengthen the monitoring and
promotion of the rights of the older persons
Promote a human rights approach in public policies
Participation of Civil Society
It is essential the participation of civil society in the development of that International Convention.
Especially of older people's organizations.
It would be contradictory to develop a human rights instrument of a specific group without involving the group itself.
Example: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
It is a model to follow the development process of this Convention in which the participation of organizations of persons with disabilities was essential in determining the content.
United Nations
"Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing "established by the General Assembly on 4 February 2011
It were four meetings where it have made proposals to start working on a Convention, but no decision still established.
The mechanism for the participation of civil society is simple and comprehensive, it is easy for any organization to be accredited. Civil society can speak at meetings.
Human Rights Council
2013, during its 24th session, adopted resolution 24/20, by which decided to appoint an Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights of older persons for a period of three years.
REFERENCES Díaz Dumenez, Lucio; Márquez Herrera,
Marlene; Reyes Córdova, Alejandro. Los derechos de las personas mayores ¡Un llamado a la acción!. Centro de Capacitación y Desarrollo CEC, 2012
Huenchuan, Sandra. Perspectivas globales sobre la protección de los derechos humanos de las personas mayores, 2007-2013. CEPAL, 2013
CONTACTSCoordinación de Organismos de la Sociedad
Civil de América Latina y el Caribe sobre Envejecimiento y Vejez CORV
Oficina Coordinación Regional: Calle Enrique Mac Iver N° 484, Oficina N° 77,
Santiago de Chile, Teléfono: +(56-2) 2633 2615, 2633 0032 email: [email protected]
Boletín ENVEJECER CON DERECHOS Teléfono: +(57-1) 255 1156, Bogotá, Colombia email: [email protected]
Web: www.corv.info
Jorge Plano (Argentina) [email protected]
