Proposal: Strategic Litigation to Address Seniors Rights in European Union
Proposed Implementation: 2025 to 2027
Call: CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI – Promote civil society organisations’ awareness of, capacity building and implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Topic: CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI-LITIGATION
Type of Action: Type of Action: CERV-PJG – CERV Project Grants
Proposed Budget: 508 057,40€
Keywords: Strategic Litigation, Seniors, Neuropsychological disorders, Dementia, civil society organizations, capacity building, legal professionals and practitioners, human rights defenders, EU Charter
Objective: the project aims to promote Strategic Litigation actions and enforcement of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights to address breaches of the rights of Seniors and especially those with neuropsychological disorders. The project intends to form a community of practice to share knowledge and improve the multistakeholder cooperation and exchange of good practices among civil society organizations , human rights defenders, legal professionals and practitioners, Ombuds Institutions, equality bodies and independent human rights bodies.
The project also wants to develop tools on how to use EU Charter for strategic litigation of Seniors, developing the organizations ability to develop a litigation strategy and communicate and advocate on fundamental rights of Seniors under the Charter. As well as conducting research on case studies, and creating an advocacy campaign with short videos and podcasts on social media workshops increasing the awareness and knowledge of the key target groups and general public of seniors’ rights under EU law.
Partners:
- Challedu
- Health Citizens – European Institute
- Corporation for Succor and Care of Elderly and Disabled
- Kentro Evropaikou Syntagmatikou Dikaio Idryma
- Erevnitiko Idrima
- Cooperativa Sociale Cooss Marche Onlus Societa