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existing law related to the promotion and protection of the rights of older persons and gaps
in the implementation of existing law;
(b)
To take into account the views of stakeholders, including States, relevant
regional human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions, civil society
organizations and academic institutions;
(c)
To raise awareness of the challenges faced in the realization of all human
rights by older persons, and to ensure that older persons receive information about those
rights;
(d)
To work in cooperation with States in order to foster the implementation of
measures that contribute to the promotion and protection of the rights of older persons;
(e)
To integrate a gender and disability perspective into his/her work, and to pay
particular attention to older women, persons with disabilities, persons of African descent,
individuals belonging to indigenous peoples, persons belonging to national or ethnic,
religious and linguistic minorities, rural persons, persons living on the streets, and refugees,
among other groups;
(f)
To assess the human rights implications of the implementation of the Madrid
International Plan of Action on Ageing;
(g)
To work in close coordination, while avoiding unnecessary duplication, with
the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, other special procedures and subsidiary organs
of the Human Rights Council, relevant United Nations bodies and the treaty bodies;
6.
Requests the Independent Expert to report annually to the Human Rights
Council and to present his/her first report at its twenty-seventh session, with a view to
presenting a comprehensive report at its thirty-third session;
7.
Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the above-mentioned
comprehensive report of the Independent Expert is brought to the attention of the Openended Working Group on Ageing, in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 3 of General
Assembly resolution 67/139 of 20 December 2012;
8.
Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with the Independent Expert, and
invites them to provide him/her with all the necessary information related to the mandate;
9.
Decides to continue consideration of the question of human rights of older
persons at its twenty-seventh session.
35th meeting
27 September 2013
[Adopted without a vote.]
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