Chapter 3: The Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons - a step towards an international convention on the rights of older people?

Arenas Massa, Ángela

Chapter 3: The Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons - a step towards an international convention on the rights of older people?

dc.contributor.author	Arenas Massa, Ángela
dc.date.accessioned	2025-06-24T21:24:35Z
dc.date.available	2025-06-24T21:24:35Z
dc.date.issued	2025-08-15
dc.description.abstract	The Latin American and Caribbean region is experiencing an ageing population, which creates a need to balance greater longevity with a better quality of life for older people. This would imply generating legal instruments that respect and promote their human rights at the national and international levels. This chapter aims to describe the political and legal evolution of the rights of older people in the Latin American region until the arrival of the Inter-American Convention. Then, based on this experience, it discusses the possibility of this treaty becoming the basis for a universal convention on the human rights of older persons. It is concluded that this will be essential to adequately raise awareness about this group of the population.
dc.identifier.citation	En: Westwood, S., & Knauer, N. J. (Eds.). Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025. pp. 28-43.
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803925295.00010
dc.identifier.isbn	9781803925295
dc.identifier.orcid	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3188-0189
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12254/4184
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 Chile (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 CL)
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/cl/
dc.subject	Older people
dc.subject	Humans Rights
dc.subject	Inter American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons
dc.title	Chapter 3: The Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons - a step towards an international convention on the rights of older people?
dc.type	Book chapter