The Platform

14th Session: Open-ended Working Group on Ageing

Events

20 May 2024


DATE:
 20–22, 24 May 2024

The Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing was established by the General Assembly by resolution 65/182 on 21 December 2010. The working group will consider the existing international framework of the human rights of older persons and identify possible gaps and how best to address them, including by considering, as appropriate, the feasibility of further instruments and measures.

The Fourteenth Session of the Working Group will be held from 20 to 22 and 24 May 2024, Conference Room 2, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. This session will focus on two areas: (1) "Accessibility, infrastructure and habitat (transport, housing and access)"; and (2) "Participation in public life and decision-making processes".

Organisers

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Location

United Nations Headquarters, New York, United States, with live webcast on UN Web TV – explore the scheduling at https://webtv.un.org/en/schedule/2024-05-20

Country / Region Focus

Global

Sector

Civil Society Organization

National Government

UN Agency

Decade Action Areas

Age-friendly Environments

Combatting Ageism

Other Information

#OEWGA, #OEWG14, rights of older persons, human rights, equity

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