Thematic Forum Old-age Human rights: Opportunities and ways to protect and to

promote the rights of the elderly

29th

, November 2014

Programme (Previsional)

9h – 13h 9h-9h05: Welcome remarks Najat EL MEKKAOUI, National Human Rights Council (Morocco)

9h05-10h50 Session 1: Social policies and initiatives for the elderly Moderator: Najat EL MEKKAOUI, National Human Rights Council (Morocco)

“Policies to strengthen social security systems”, Elsa FORNERO, Former Minister of Labor, Social Policies and Gender Equality, University of Turin, Italy.

“National strategy dedicated for the elderly”, Grefft ALAMI, Comité national d’experts chargés de l’AMO, Morocco. “Social Initiatives and the elderly promotion”, Abdelmounaim MADANI, Directeur de l’Entraide Nationale, Morocco.

Mohammed Ait AZIZI, Directeur au Ministère de la Solidarité, de la Femme, de la Famille et du Développement Social, Morocco.

10h50-11h Coffee break 11h-12h45 Session 2: Human rights mechanisms regarding the elderly Moderator: Houria ESSLAMI, National Human Rights Council (Morocco)

“International Human rights in older age: a transformative agenda”, Silvia STEFANONI,Deputy CEO and director of Policy and programmes, HelpAge.

“Human Rights Violations in Older Age: A Focus on Violence Against Older Women, Multiple Discrimination and Ageism”, Susan B. SOMERS, President, International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA).

“Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Older Persons: The Role of the South African Human Rights Commission”, Adv. Mabedle Lourence MUSHWANA. “European NHRI Project on Human Rights of Older Persons in Long-term Care”, Debbie KOHNER, Secretary General, European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, (ENNHRI).

12h45-13h: Conclusion: Najat El Mekkaoui, National Council of Human Right, Morocco, Katharina ROSE, Geneva representative, International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights and Debbie KOHNER, Secretary General, European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, and adoption of a Declaration by the drafting committee composed of NGOs, ICC, NHRIs and the CNDH.