11th OEWG - Call for Inputs to NGOs with ECOSOC Status and Previously Accredited Organisations to the Working Group

Message sent on behalf of the Chair of the General Assembly Open-ended Working Group for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons

The Chair of the Open-ended Working Group for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons, invites non-governmental organizations with ECOSOC Status and previously accredited organizations to the Working Group to provide:

• Substantive inputs on the two focus areas of the 11th session, namely "Right to Work and Access to the Labour Market" and "Access to Justice" in the context of older persons. Please refer to the attached “guiding questions." Inputs should be in English and of no more than 800 words per focus area.
   
• Substantive inputs, in the form of normative content for the development of a possible international standard on the protection of the rights of older people to “Education, Training, Life-long Learning and Capacity Building” and “Social Protection and Social Security (including social protection floors)”, the two focus areas of the previous 10th session of the Working Group. Please refer to the attached "guiding questions" on each of the focus areas. Inputs should be in English and of no more than 800 words per focus area.

All responses should be sent to age...@un.org by 31 October 2019.

Thank you