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A/HRC/30/43/Add.1 GE.15-13136 7/14 invalidity insurance, mandatory health insurance, unemployment insurance and parental protection insurance. (...) The pension system is currently based on three pillars complemented by the provision of social assistance in order to ensure a basic safety net for people in need, namely the mandatory earning-related pillar of the pension; the private pension plan, which is voluntary for private sector employees and mandatory for public employees and persons employed in arduous occupations; and individual savings in pensions and life insurance vehicles. Premiums paid to the third tier are subject to a tax relief. 34. (...) The Independent Expert calls on the Government to ensure availability and accessibility of palliative care for all older persons in need, particularly those who suffer from a life-threatening or life-limiting illness to ensure their well-being and allow them a life with dignity.

Nationally, the right to health has been enshrined in the Constitution (current art. 59) since its promulgation in 1990, together with relevant rights, including informed consent (art. 23), rights to life (art. 21), to suitable life (current art. 63), healthy life (current art. 70) and the rights to equality and non-discrimination (arts. 1, 3, 14, 15 and 17). (...) The single insurer in this scheme is the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance, established in 1993 to provide universal health insurance coverage to the whole population, based on a benefits package defined under the Mental Health Insurance Act scheme. (...) In addition, supplemental health insurance is available and is purchased individually and on a voluntary basis, from either the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance or private insurers, mostly to cover user charges in the Mental Health Insurance Act system.

Most notably in this regard is article 25 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which calls on member States to recognize and respect the rights of the elderly to lead a life of dignity and independence and to participate in social and cultural life. (...) It seeks to guarantee and to improve the quality of life of older persons and to ensure their active involvement and participation in all spheres of life. (...) Homes for older persons and nursing homes that go beyond meeting legal requirements and take targeted measures to improve the quality of life of the resident

The OECD presentation explained the need for reviewing the treatment of non-life insurance in the 1993 SNA. In the case of catastrophes, the present formulae may lead to uninterpretable movements in the current price value of non-life insurance output and consumption. (...) After the treatment of pension schemes and non-life insurance has been revised, the treatment of life insurance has also to be brought in line. (...) Some examples were pointed out in the previous sessions, such as: consistent recording of life and non-life insurance; recording of guarantees and market versus nominal value of loans.

The Special Rapporteur was encouraged to hear of the efforts made to give effect to the right to education for children from Yenish, Sinti/Manush and Roma communities while taking into consideration the itinerant way of life of these communities.22 He was also 18 Regulated by the federal act on income compensation allowances in case of service and in case of maternity of 25 September 1952, and the federal act on general provisions concerning legislation on social insurances. 19 In September 2019 a law providing for a two-week paternity leave was adopted, but it is yet to enter into force (a popular vote will be held in September 2020). 20 Regulated by the federal law on compulsory unemployment insurance and allowances in case of insolvency of 25 June 1982 and the federal act on general provisions concerning legislation on social insurances. 21 See, for example, the Centre de Formation Professionnelle Biel-Bienne, presentation for the Special Rapporteur, 26 September 2019 (in French). (...) While the opportunity to work part-time can help support a balance between family life and work, it is concerning that it is almost exclusively women who avail themselves of such opportunities, thus perpetuating harmful gender stereotypes regarding women’s role in economic life. (...) The high cost of health insurance and housing contribute to their dire situation.

The law had established new standards relevant to older persons with disabilities and regulates, among others, the fields of independent life and life in the community, as well as the issue of privacy, i.e. violation of privacy and interference in personal and family life and the misuse of data. (...) The system of social protection of older persons in Montenegro included health care, pension insurance, disability insurance and unemployment insurance. 50. (...) The home-care programme of the Red Cross sought to improve the quality of life of older persons and decrease the level of old-age poverty.

Participation of women in political and public life and in economic and social life, and access to health .......................................................................................................................... 10 A. (...) Participation in economic and social life ................................................................................. 11 C. (...) Participation of women in political and public life and in economic and social life, and access to health A.

Costa Rican society is in the advanced stages of demographic transition, characterized by a narrowing of the base of the population pyramid and an increase in older segments resulting from the combination of a low birth rate and high life expectancy. Women have gone from having an average of 2.12 children in 2003 to 1.76 children in 2014,1 and life expectancy, which stands at 79 years,2 is one of the highest in Latin America. 4. (...) In order to implement current laws, the National Council has two programmes under way: “Ageing and quality of life” and “Building solidarity”. The former consists of awareness-raising and training campaigns carried out in conjunction with academia and of coordinating support networks. (...) Social welfare and the right to social security 33. The Social Insurance Fund of Costa Rica is the autonomous institution responsible for managing and governing social and health insurance.

The previous Federal Government set up the Insurance Reform Advisory Group (IRAG) to improve insurance provisions generally. (...) The Age Discrimination Commissioner is currently conducting a project aimed at extending insurance coverage for older people by working with insurance stakeholders to investigate available insurance data and by providing clarity about the in- surance exception in the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth). In May 2013 the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner concluded an investigation into the practice of insur- ance companies excluding or restricting insurance cover to volunteer workers on the basis of their age.