Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Cross-Cutting Observations
- Part II Public Good Rights
- Part III Status Rights
- Rights of Older Persons
- 12 The Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons
- 13 The Status of the Human Rights of Older Persons
- Rights to Gender Identity
- Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Animal Rights
- Part IV New Technology Rights
- Part V Autonomy and Integrity Rights
- Part VI Governance Rights
- Index
12 - The Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons
from Rights of Older Persons
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2020
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Cross-Cutting Observations
- Part II Public Good Rights
- Part III Status Rights
- Rights of Older Persons
- 12 The Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons
- 13 The Status of the Human Rights of Older Persons
- Rights to Gender Identity
- Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Animal Rights
- Part IV New Technology Rights
- Part V Autonomy and Integrity Rights
- Part VI Governance Rights
- Index
Summary
The original motivation to work on the rights of older persons came to the inter-American system from the Summit of Heads of State and Governments of the Americas, held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 19 April 2009. Summits are encounters of heads of state and governments of the hemisphere comprised of independent countries in the Americas, including Cuba since 2015, with participation by international organisations and civil society, and are held to ‘define the agenda of the inter-American system, including issues regarding multilateral cooperation’.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human RightsRecognition, Novelty, Rhetoric, pp. 167 - 182Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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