Draft Programme of Work

Proposed Organization of Work
Fourth working session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing
12-15August 2013, UN Conference Building (CR3)
10:00am
- 1:00pm
Monday, 12 August Tuesday, 13 August Wednesday, 14 August Thursday, 15 August
Opening of session:
• Item 4 (continued)
• Item 4 (continued)
•Item 5. Other matters
• Item 1: Election of officers
• Item 2: Adoption of the agenda
and other organizational matters
• Item 3: Participation of nongovernmental
organizations in the
work of the Open-ended Working
Group on Ageing
Interactive expert panel
discussion:
• Panel 2: Update on
multilateral processes
Moderated by:
Stelios Makriyiannis (OEWG Vice-
Chair /Cyprus)
Panelists:
Interactive expert panel
discussion:
Measures to strengthen the
promotion and the protection of
the rights of older persons which
are currently not addressed
sufficiently: Proposals and Inputs
• Panel 4: Discrimination and
access to work
Discussion on the way forward and
any other matters
•Item 6. Provisional agenda for
the next working session of the
Open-ended Working Group on
Ageing
Consideration of the draft
provisional agenda.
General discussion:
• Item 4. Existing international
framework on the human rights of
older persons and identification of
existing gaps at the international
level
Yeung Sik Yeun (African Commission
on Human and Peoples Rights)
Daniele Cangemi (Council of Europe)
Ana Pastorino, (OAS Working Group
on the Human Rights of Older Persons
(Argentina))
•Interactive dialogue
Moderated by:
-
Panelists:
Eilionoir Flynn (National University of
Ireland Galway)
Israel Doron (University of Haifa, Israel)
Elizabeth Grossman (Regional Attorney,
New York District Office, US Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission)
•Interactive dialogue
Monday, 12 August Tuesday, 13 August Wednesday, 14 August Thursday, 15 August
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3:00pm -
6:00pm
• Item 4 (continued)
Interactive expert panel
discussion:
• Panel 1: Promotion and
protection of the human rights
and dignity of older persons:
contributions from the second
global review and appraisal of
the Madrid International Plan
of Action on Ageing, 2002.
Moderated by:
Tomas Milevičius (Lithuanian Ministry
of Social Security and Labour)
Panelists:
Markus Windegger (Austrian Ministry
of Social Affairs and Consumer
Protection)
Chonvipat Changtrakul (Mission of
Thailand)
Fernando Morales (National
Commission on Aging, Costa Rica)
•Interactive dialogue
• Item 4 (continued)
Interactive expert panel
discussion:
Measures to strengthen the
promotion and the protection of
the rights of older persons which
are currently not addressed
sufficiently:
Proposals and Inputs
• Panel 3: Social security and
the right to health
Moderated by:
-
Panelists:
Kasia Jurczak (European Commission)
Kathy Foley (Open Society Foundation)
Agam Bin Hasmy (Human Rights
Commission of Malaysia)
Alejandro Bonilla-Garcia, Director of
Social Protection Department, Policy
Portfolio ILO)
•Interactive dialogue
3:00pm -4:30pm:
• Item 4 (continued)
Interactive expert panel
discussion:
Measures to strengthen the
promotion and the protection of
the rights of older persons which
are currently not addressed
sufficiently:
Proposals and Inputs
4:30pm -6:00pm:
• Panel 5: Discussion of main
findings of (a) Note Verbale in
follow up to resolution
A/RES/67/139; and (b) the
Compilation of existing
international legal instruments,
documents and programmes
that directly or indirectly
address the situation of older
persons
•Interactive dialogue with civil
society
Moderated by:
-
• Item 7. Adoption of the draft
report
Chair’s summary of the key points
of the discussions.
Adoption of the draft report.
• Closure of the session
•Interactive dialogue
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