New Legal Developments in the Inter-American System of Human Rights: Some Observations on the Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons
The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) on 15 June 2015 has adopted the Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons. This Treaty, entered into force on January 2017, is the first legally binding document entirely devoted to the protection of the rights of older persons. The study contains a critical analysis of such Convention, in particular, in relation to the rights protected and the compliance system.