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SDG 16.1 “Significantly reduce all forms of violence and relateddeath rates everywhere.”
Article 5 onEquality and non-discrimination of the Inter-AmericanConvention on protecting the human rights of older persons prohibits
discrimination based on the age of older persons. Article 9 on the Right to safety and a life free of violence of any kind establishes that,
“Older persons have the right to safety and a life without violence of any kind, to be treated with dignity, and to be respected and
appreciated regardless of their race, color, sex, language, culture, religion, political or other opinions, social origin, nationality, ethnicity,
indigenous and cultural identity, socio-economic status, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, economic contribution, or
any other condition.” Article 10 on the Right not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
establishes that “Older persons have the right not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.” In
all cases the obligations of the States are identified in regard to the protection of rights.
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The goals and indicators must take into account the particular situation of indigenous and Afro-descendent boys, girls, adolescents and
young people, pursuant to PM 89 (combating violence, in the chapter on indigenous peoples) and PM 93 (overlapping dimensions of
racial, gender and generational inequalities, in the chapter onAfro-descendent persons).
The Inter-AmericanConvention on protecting the human rights of older persons provides a definition of multiple discrimination and age
discrimination in old age. The former is understood as “Any distinction, exclusion, or restriction toward an older person, based on two or
more discrimination factors”, whereas the latter refers to “Any distinction, exclusion, or restriction based on age, the purpose or effect of
which is to annul or restrict recognition, enjoyment, or exercise, on an equal basis, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the
political, cultural, economic, social, or any other sphere of public and private life.”
The indicator of the perception of older persons as a group suffering discrimination was included in the Mexico City Survey on
Discrimination (EDISCdMx 2013), carried out in June 2013 in all the city’s municipalities (see Jacqueline L’Hoist, 2014). Similarly,
questions were included about the perceptions of European citizens with regard to job security and labour mobility in the Eurobarometer
Survey and the perception of mistreatment of older persons in Latinobarómetro. In Colombia, the Ministry of Health and Social
Protection included several questions on perception in the Health, Well-being and Ageing (SABE) Survey 2013 (For example:
Perception of support, security andwell-being, quality of care, etc.).
