ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT: AN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ASPECT.

MONIKA .S; JERIN ASHLY.D

doi:10.71097/IJSAT.v16.i4.9505

ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT: AN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ASPECT.

Author(s)	Ms. MONIKA .S, Ms. JERIN ASHLY.D
Country	India
Abstract	Older men and women have the same rights as everyone else. We are all born equal and this will not change as we grow older. This paper critically examines how existing international legal instruments such as The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN principles for older persons address the protection of senior citizens against abuse and neglect. Even so, older people's rights are invisible under international law. Despite the existence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, older people are not recognised explicitly under the international human rights laws that legally oblige governments to realise the rights of all people. Only one International Human Rights Convention (The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and members of their family) mandates age discrimination. Commitments to the rights of older people exist, such as with the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA). However, they are not legally binding and therefore only impose a moral obligation on governments to implement them. While UN conventions are agreed upon by governments, support cannot be built without the backing and advocacy of older people. The goal of this paper is to provide a forum for discussion of the enforcement of MIPAA to look out for the elderly abuse and neglect of their rights due to various attributes as a result of the amalgamation of intergenerational discrimination. There is a lack of implementation and policy integration, many countries struggled to integrate MIPAA’s recommendations into national policies due to insufficient political commitment, funding or coordination and rapid demographic shifts. This paper inculcates the demographic shifts and intergenerational connotations towards nurturing elderly people and suggests the policymakers, layman and the government carry forward the enforcement of the MIPAA as a consistent and successful mission.
Keywords	Elderly, UN declaration, MIPAA, Elderly abuse, neglect.
Published In	Volume 16, Issue 4, October-December 2025
Published On	2025-11-19
DOI	https://doi.org/10.71097/IJSAT.v16.i4.9505
Short DOI	https://doi.org/hbb8gn

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