Transcript Mr. Jorge Plano, Coordinación Regional de Organismos de la Sociedad Civil sobre Envejecimiento

Social Forum. Geneva, 1-3 de april 2014
Los derechos de las personas de edad
Cooperation between Governments and Civil Society
in Latin America and the Caribbean
in the Development of Regional Policies
on the Rights of Older Persons
Jorge Plano (Argentina)
Coordinación de Organismos de la
Sociedad Civil de América Latina y el Caribe
sobre Envejecimiento y Vejez CORV
Civil society meetings and
governments meetings
SC: 2003, Santiago Declaration of Civil
Society (11 countries)
 G: 2003, Regional Intergovernmental
Conference on Aging, Santiago, Chile
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Civil society meetings and
governments meetings
SC: 2007, Regional Forum on Ageing of
Civil Society Organizations of Latin
America and the Caribbean, Brasilia.
"Brasilia Charter " (16 countries)
 G: 2007, Second Regional
Intergovernmental Conference on
Ageing, Brasilia. "Brasilia Declaration"
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Civil society meetings and
governments meetings
SC: 2009, Regional Meeting of Civil
Society Organizations, Santiago de
Chile, October. "Ageing with Rights:
Principles and strategies of civil
society in Latin America and the
Caribbean on aging" (17 countries)
 G: 2009, III Follow-up meeting of the
Declaration of Brasilia, Santiago, Chile,
October
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Civil society meetings and
governments meetings
SC: 2012 Regional Meeting of the Civil
Society on Ageing Madrid +10: From
plan to action, "Tres Ríos Declaration ",
San José, Costa Rica (19 countries)
 G: 2012, Third Regional
Intergovernmental Conference on
Ageing in Latin America and the
Caribbean, San José, Costa Rica. "San
José Charter"
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Civil society meetings and
governments meetings
SC: 2013 Civil Society Meeting, San
José. “Contributions from Civil Society
for the Implementation and Follow Up
of the Charter of San Jose”
 G: 2013: Follow-up to the San José
Charter, San José
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Participants in civil society
meetings
Older people's organizations
 Teaching and research academic
institutions
 NGOs
 Professionals of ageing related fields
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Structure of civil society
declarations
Current situation
 Proposals to governments
 Commitments made ​by the civil society
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CELADE / ECLAC
Significative participation of CELADEPopulation Division of the Economic
Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean (ECLAC) as a driver and
organizer of the regional government
meetings on ageing.
Organization of American States (OAS)
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2011: Creation of "Working Group on the
Protection of human rights of older persons "
Start to work on a draft Inter-American
Convention
OAS mechanisms for accrediting
organizations of civil society are complex
and slow. Civil society have sent written
comments.
The Working Group should generate
comprensive and agile mechanisms for civil
society participation.
Current Status of Human
Rights Instruments on Ageing
Scattered in multiple documents
 Lacks explicit specificity of rights
 Lacks of a set of rules that guide the
actions
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Advantages of a Convention
Supersede the scattered standards
 Strengthen the monitoring and
promotion of the rights of the older
persons
 Promote a human rights approach in
public policies
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Participation of Civil Society
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It is essential the participation of civil
society in the development of that
International Convention.
Especially of older people's
organizations.
It would be contradictory to develop a
human rights instrument of a specific
group without involving the group itself.
Example: Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities
It is a model to follow the
development process of this
Convention in which the
participation of organizations of
persons with disabilities was
essential in determining the
content.
United Nations
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"Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing
"established by the General Assembly on 4
February 2011
It were four meetings where it have
made ​proposals to start working on a
Convention, but no decision still established.
The mechanism for the participation of civil
society is simple and comprehensive, it is
easy for any organization to be accredited.
Civil society can speak at meetings.
Human Rights Council
2013, during its 24th session, adopted
resolution 24/20, by which decided to
appoint an Independent Expert on the
enjoyment of all human rights of older
persons for a period of three years.
REFERENCES
Díaz Dumenez, Lucio; Márquez Herrera,
Marlene; Reyes Córdova, Alejandro.
Los derechos de las personas mayores
¡Un llamado a la acción!. Centro de
Capacitación y Desarrollo CEC, 2012
 Huenchuan, Sandra. Perspectivas
globales sobre la protección de los
derechos humanos de las personas
mayores, 2007-2013. CEPAL, 2013
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CONTACTS
Coordinación de Organismos de la Sociedad
Civil de América Latina y el Caribe sobre
Envejecimiento y Vejez CORV
 Oficina Coordinación Regional:
 Calle
Enrique Mac Iver N° 484, Oficina N° 77,
Santiago de Chile,
 Teléfono: +(56-2) 2633 2615, 2633 0032
 email:
[email protected]
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Boletín ENVEJECER CON DERECHOS
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Web: www.corv.info
Jorge Plano (Argentina) [email protected]