Multi-stakeholder meeting on the human rights of older persons

Heidrun Mollenkopf has been Board Member of the German National Association of Senior Citizens' Organisations (BAGSO) since 2014 and was Vice-President of AGE Platform Europe until 2021. Since 2016, she represents BAGSO regularly at the Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing at the UN in New York.  In 2019, she has been appointed to the office of the Standing Working Group on Ageing (SWGA) at... Read More →

Currently Prof. Doron is the Dean of the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences at the University of Haifa, and the Past President of the Israeli Gerontological Society. He specializes in the fields of law and ageing, social policy, human rights and ageism. Prof. Doron has... Read More →

Bridget Sleap is Senior Researcher at Human Rights Watch where she leads the work on older people’s rights. Before joining Human Rights Watch in 2021, Bridget was senior rights policy adviser at HelpAge International where she led the organization’s research and advocacy on the... Read More →

Dr. Kiran Rabheru is Full Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Ottawa and Geriatric Psychiatrist at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH). He obtained his MD from University of Western Ontario and practiced in rural and urban settings as a family physician for several years. He is a Certificant... Read More →