Global ageing is a challenge to human rights law as older people are far more vulnerable to a range of social, economic and political barriers that effectively exclude them from mainstream society. Thus, this book proposes a model of how to improve national ageing policies internationally by changing the current paradigm in the perception of older persons from passive receivers of care and assistance to active contributors to society. The author points to the need to improve the visibility of older persons internationally, promotes the idea of a treaty on their rights, and identifies areas where states and non-state actors can positively influence their social inclusion at the national level.

The monograph has been prepared in the framework of Project no 2018/31/B/HS5/00435 (OPUS 16) – “Social and digital inclusion of older people as a special task for NGOs. A perspective of international human rights law” – financed by the National Science Centre, Poland.