The Frameworks of International Documents and International Human Rights Laws in Relation to Older Persons 14. Currently, there are no specific conventions or treaties that address the rights of older persons. However, there are several international documents on ageing that are often used as a reference by States in formulating their national policies on protecting the rights of older persons, which include among others: i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Vienna International Plan for Action on Ageing 1983. United Nations Principles for Older Persons 1991. Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing 2002. Millennium Development Goals, 2000. The Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development, 1995. United Nations Guide to the National Implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing, 2008. 15. International human rights treaties are not directly enforceable in Malaysia unless ratified or acceded to and harmonised in local legislation.16 There are several provisions in international human rights instruments that are, in general, applicable to older persons, even though they do not explicitly mention older persons or age as a ground for discrimination as follows: 1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) Article 2 - all rights apply to everyone whatever their race gender, religion or any other factor which might make them different from other people; Article 22 - right to social security; Article 25(1) - right to an adequate standard of living. 16 Malaysia is only a state party to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). 8 REPORT ON CARE SERVICES FOR OLDER PERSONS AND SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVERS