Byrnes Andrew
Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Australian Institute for Human Rights and Ageing Futures Institute UNSW, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Australas J Ageing. 2020 Jun;39(2):91-98. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12800. Epub 2020 Apr 23.
This article argues that, in relation to ageing issues in Australian society, we need to more strongly embrace an explicit and comprehensive human rights framework in analysing what is going on in our society and to adopt a much more robust and demanding human rights approach to policy development and holding government accountable for its actions and inaction. This means not just the explicit invocation of existing human rights norms to ageing issues, but also the development of new norms and interpretations of human rights that more fully reflect the perspectives of older persons than current mainstream norms do. The argument is developed through an analysis of reports of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and into Violence against Persons with Disabilities. It maintains that these bodies and others engaged in policymaking relating to older persons in Australian society can enhance their work by systematically applying a comprehensive and robust human rights framework.
本文认为，就澳大利亚社会的老龄化问题而言，在分析我们社会中正在发生的事情时，我们需要更有力地采用明确且全面的人权框架，并在政策制定以及要求政府对其行动和不作为负责方面采取更有力、更严格的人权方法。这不仅意味着明确援引现有人权规范来处理老龄化问题，还意味着制定新的人权规范和解释，使其比当前的主流规范更充分地反映老年人的观点。该论点是通过对老年护理质量与安全皇家委员会以及针对残疾人暴力行为皇家委员会的报告进行分析得出的。它坚持认为，这些机构以及澳大利亚社会中其他参与老年人政策制定的机构，可以通过系统地应用全面且有力的人权框架来改进其工作。
