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May 10, 2022 Dispatches

Ensure People with Disabilities Can Vote in Lebanon Elections

Inaccessible Polls, Lack of Information May Prevent Thousands from Voting

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May 3, 2022 Dispatches

Low Income Puts Older People’s Rights at Risk

Older Advocates Urge Governments to Enshrine Rights Protections in New Treaty

An older woman eats alone in her home
May 2, 2022 Dispatches

Older People No Longer Invisible Casualties of War in Ukraine

Governments, Aid Agencies Should Ensure Protection and Assistance

An older woman using a wheelchair is evacuated from a hospice
April 22, 2022 Statement

Submission to the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons

Older persons deprived of their liberty

April 19, 2022 Commentary

Human Rights Watch Urges Support for NYS Sentencing Reform

New York Lawmakers Should Co-sponsor the Eliminate Mandatory Minimums (S.7871/ A.9166), Second Look (S.7872/A.8894), and Earned Time Act (S.7873A/ A.8462B)

The front gate is pictured at the Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, New York April 8, 2016.
March 30, 2022 News Release

Australia: Chemical Restraint Persists in Aged Care

One Year After Royal Commission Report, Older People Still Not Protected

An older woman at a nursing home in Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia.
March 28, 2022 Dispatches

Act Now on Older People’s Rights

Campaign Calls for New International Convention to Combat Ageism, Discrimination

A man and woman pose in front of the United Nations
March 8, 2022 Dispatches

After 2 Years of Covid, We’re Still Failing Older People

A Life of Dignity and Respect for Rights Should be a Priority

A man and woman touch hands through a plastic sheet
February 23, 2022 News Release

Global: Older People at Heightened Risk in Conflict

Governments, UN Should Do More to End Abuses, Ensure Protection, Provide Assistance

An older woman stands in the doorway of a destroyed home
February 16, 2022 Statement

Submission to the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons

Older people’s economic security

February 16, 2022 Statement

Normative standards and obligations under international law in relation to the promotion and protection of the human rights of older persons

HRW Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

January 30, 2022 Dispatches

Omicron Worsens Crisis in Australia’s Nursing Homes

Critical Care Needs of Older People Unmet During Covid-19 Surge

A woman in the back of an ambulance
December 20, 2021 Report

US: Failure to Pass Build Back Better Act Imperils Rights

Can Advance Economic Justice, Fix Broken Safety Net, But More Needed

Children and teachers complete a mural in celebration of the launch of the Child Tax Credit on July 14, 2021 at the KU Kids Deanwood Childcare Center in Washington, DC.
November 19, 2021 Dispatches

Time Running Out for South Korea to End Age Discrimination

Proposed Law Would Improve Protections for Older People, Many Others

An elderly woman seated on the floor of an apartment
October 15, 2021 Dispatches

US Should Invest in Home and Community-Based Services

Lawmakers Have Opportunity to Get Services to Hundreds of Thousands on Waitlists

Disability rights activists and caregiving advocates hold a vigil in front of the US Capitol to urge Congress to include full federal funding for home and community-based care services in the budget reconciliation package on October 06, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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