INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE FIGHT AGAINST AGEISM AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF ELDERLY: TAKING STOCK OF THE SITUATION AFTER COVID-19 PANDEMIC

ABSTRACT

The ageism that harms older persons manifests itself in many ways in our societies and needs to be combated more effectively through international law. The existing mechanisms at the international and regional levels and developments in the field of soft law are analyzed here under the premise that it is necessary to continue working to strengthen and improve them, in order to continue preparing the ground for the adoption of a specific convention of universal scope on the rights of older persons. The COVID 19 pandemic has revealed, in a terrible way. the deficiencies in the models of assistance and care for the older persons and the gaps in the international mechanisms for the protection of human rights. © 2022 by the Author(s).