AGE: Council of Europe recognizes older people’s human rights and fundamental freedoms
AGE Platform Europe welcomes the adoption by the Council of Europe of the first European instrument dealing specifically with the human rights of older persons and recommending action against age-discrimination in many areas.
‘The Council of Europe Recommendation is an excellent basis to promote the rights of older persons and to raise awareness of the need to adopt a human rights approach when designing policies, for example to avoid the shortcomings that we are facing at the moment due to the crisis and austerity measures, as it recognizes older people as equal rights holders, instead of mere welfare recipients’, says Marjan Sedmak, President of AGE Platform Europe.
