THE 30th anniversary of the International Day of Older Persons was (in a sense) commemorated on Oct.1, 2020. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the commemoration did not take place in large gatherings. If such gatherings were to take place the most vulnerable, due to their age, would be the older persons themselves.
Though there are laws in many countries around the world for the protection and the uplift of elderly people, there is yet to be an international convention (i.e. an international treaty) geared towards the protection and rights of older persons. Efforts have been made toward drafting an international convention regarding the rights of older persons but they have probably not passed, at best, beyond the drafting stage.
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