INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE ELDER PEOPLE FROM THE EUROPEAN AND SOUTH-EAST ASIAN PERSPECTIVES
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Dec 27, 2018
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Human rights the rights of elder people international law European law South-East Asian perspective
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Some academic writers suggest the creation of a separate international mechanism to protect the rights of the elderly. In this paper, I will argue that this step is unnecessary. The rights of the elderly can be effectively protected by the existing mechanism of human rights. What is necessary is not an additional body of rules but a better application of the existing rules to protect the rights of older people as it can be observed in Europe. The rejection of a separate mechanism for protecting the rights of the elderly does not mean their denial. On the contrary, a satisfactory protection of those rights can be better achieved by using traditional cultural frameworks such as exist in South-East Asia.
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