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The Rights of Older Persons: A Collection of International Documents [Новость добавлена - 24.11.2009]
Over the past few decades, many diverse documents concerning the rights and status of the aged have been prepared at the international level. Each of the various bodies and organizations involved in producing these documents has regarded the subject from a slightly different angle. This has resulted in the preparation of an extensive set of international documents that cover a wide spectrum of subjects and issues relevant to older persons all over the world.
The Rights of Older Persons provides a unique collection of all the main, important international documents relating to the status of the aged and the phenomenon of ageing at the international level. For the first time, readers, the aged and professionals from all over the world can obtain a comprehensive picture of the worldwide activities in the field of international law and ageing.
The editors of this collection of documents are active and respected international elder law scholars. Dr. Israel Doron teaches elder law at Haifa University and has published and presented various papers regarding international dimensions of elder law and older persons' rights. Prof. Kate Mewhinney is a Clinical Law Professor and the Managing Attorney of the Elder Law Clinic of Wake Forest University School of Law. She is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation, edited a special international issue of the NAELA Quarterly, and has organized and moderated programs on international law.
The Rights of Older Persons provides a unique collection of all the main, important international documents relating to the status of the aged and the phenomenon of ageing at the international level. For the first time, readers, the aged and professionals from all over the world can obtain a comprehensive picture of the worldwide activities in the field of international law and ageing.
The editors of this collection of documents are active and respected international elder law scholars. Dr. Israel Doron teaches elder law at Haifa University and has published and presented various papers regarding international dimensions of elder law and older persons' rights. Prof. Kate Mewhinney is a Clinical Law Professor and the Managing Attorney of the Elder Law Clinic of Wake Forest University School of Law. She is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation, edited a special international issue of the NAELA Quarterly, and has organized and moderated programs on international law.
The official launch of this publication took place at IFA's 9th Global Conference on Ageing in Montreal in September 2008. The publication is available for order in paper back or as a CD-Rom with documents in PDF format. To purchase a copy, please download the order forms here:
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