September 15, 2014

227th Session of the Human Rights Council – Item 3: Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion and protection of human rights of older persons

Purely economic and functional approach toward elderly persons risks to create a culture where the weakest and most fragile members of society — the unborn, the poorest, the sick and elderly, the seriously handicapped, etc. — are in danger of being ‘thrown away’ from a system that must be efficient at all costs and thus impoverish society of their wisdom, experience, and enriching presence.
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