Tuesday, April 11, 2023

We Have Rights!!!

 

United Nations Principles for Older Persons

ADOPTED

16 December 1991

BY

General Assembly resolution 46/91

We older people have rights! This document has been around for over 30 years and I have just discovered it. 

These rights cover these categories:

Independence

Participation

Care

Self-fulfilment

Dignity

We are lucky in Canada that all levels of Government support these principles - in principal at least. 

Here is the web site with eighteen principles.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/united-nations-principles-older-persons

I guess the politically correct term now for anyone getting on in years is "older person".

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