Older persons are entitled to the same human rights as everyone else. Yet older people experience a number of challenges when it comes to the full realization and enjoyment of their human rights. Older persons face multiple forms of discrimination and inequalities, including within health and care settings, in employment and in accessing services. They also experience different forms of violence, abuse, neglect and isolation as well as high rates of poverty. Older persons are the most heterogeneous demographic group, and intersectional factors often compound vulnerabilities to human rights violations. This is the case, for example, for older women, persons with disabilities, persons of African descent, and individuals belonging to indigenous peoples, among other groups.

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