Viet Nam Human Rights
Population law must protect elderly: experts
10/12/17
The nation’s population policy must be integrated with other socio-economic factors including national defense and security to ensure rapid and sustainable development, experts said at a policy dialogue on population and sustainable development organized on November 29 in Hanoi to discuss the draft Law on Population.
The draft law will be submitted to the fifth National Assembly session for discussion.
Truong Hai Cuong, member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, said the country’s population was aging rapidly, so the draft law should have provisions that ensure the rights, interests and responsibilities of the elderly, and encourage senior citizens to do suitable jobs, based on their health and experience.
Quach Sy Hung, also with the VFF, said the draft law should have clear regulations on responsibilities of relevant ministries and agencies on family planning services and taking care for old people.
International principles and commitments should be adhered to in building population policies, said Nguyen Ngoc Quynh of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam.
She said the draft law should meet international standards and comply with human rights principles, including the right to decide to have babies, time to have babies and the number of children.
Regulations should ensure the provision of full and clear information, education and qualified services on reproductive health, with priority given to population in disadvantaged areas, she said.
Dialogue participants also discussed and shared their experiences on the development and implementation of population and development policies; raising awareness and changing societal behavior; and integrating population variables into development policies.
The dialogue is organized by the VFF, the UNFPA in Vietnam, the General Office for Population and Family Planning and the Ministry of Health.
The draft law will be submitted to the fifth National Assembly session for discussion.
Truong Hai Cuong, member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, said the country’s population was aging rapidly, so the draft law should have provisions that ensure the rights, interests and responsibilities of the elderly, and encourage senior citizens to do suitable jobs, based on their health and experience.
Quach Sy Hung, also with the VFF, said the draft law should have clear regulations on responsibilities of relevant ministries and agencies on family planning services and taking care for old people.
International principles and commitments should be adhered to in building population policies, said Nguyen Ngoc Quynh of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam.
She said the draft law should meet international standards and comply with human rights principles, including the right to decide to have babies, time to have babies and the number of children.
Regulations should ensure the provision of full and clear information, education and qualified services on reproductive health, with priority given to population in disadvantaged areas, she said.
Dialogue participants also discussed and shared their experiences on the development and implementation of population and development policies; raising awareness and changing societal behavior; and integrating population variables into development policies.
The dialogue is organized by the VFF, the UNFPA in Vietnam, the General Office for Population and Family Planning and the Ministry of Health.
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Throughout the world, large numbers of older persons face challenges such as discrimination, poverty and abuse that severely restrict their human rights and their contribution to society.
Parents live much longer, often with chronic conditions for which they need medical care.
In a climate where the human rights field has become increasingly specialised, disadvantaged groups such as children, migrant workers, persons with disabilities and women have had their particular needs recognised by the United Nations.
While older persons historically have been neglected by human rights law, their rights are becoming a part of the public agenda.
International and domestic non-government organisations (NGOs) as well as some nation-states have been pushing for a stronger human rights instrument to protect the rights of older persons.
Greater numbers of older people are likely to make their rights as a group more prominent and make the abuse of those rights more common.
Like childhood and disability, the concept of old age is a socially constructed phenomenon—in other words, it is not simply a biological process, but something that is given particular meaning depending upon its social and historical context.
Before evaluating the current human rights situation for older adults and assessing whether or not there is a need for a Convention on the Rights of Older Persons, it is useful to consider the concepts
of human rights within international law, and the role of the main international law body, the
United Nations (UN) system.
Firstly, the state commits to respect and refrain from interfering with the enjoyment of human rights.
the entire human rights regime is based on the idea of the universality of rights.
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