A/HRC/RES/58/13 promote, protect and ensure the recognition and the realization, on an equal basis, of all human rights of older persons, Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 21/23 of 28 September 2012, 24/20 of 27 September 2013, 33/5 of 29 September 2016, 42/12 of 26 September 2019, 48/3 of 7 October 2021, 51/4 of 6 October 2022 and 54/13 of 13 October 2023 on the human rights of older persons, and all other relevant Council resolutions, including resolutions 39/18 of 28 September 2018 and 44/7 of 16 July 2020, Bearing in mind the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on normative standards and obligations under international law in relation to the promotion and protection of the human rights of older persons, 2 Recognizing the work of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons and the contributions and support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Noting the regional developments and normative instruments on the protection and promotion of the human rights of older persons, particularly those in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and Europe, 1. Decides to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group with the mandate of elaborating and submitting to the Human Rights Council a draft international legally binding instrument on the human rights of older persons with the objective of promoting, protecting and ensuring the full enjoyment of human rights by older persons; 2. Also decides that the working group will meet for two five-day sessions each year in Geneva in a hybrid format, should the General Assembly agree to reintroduce such a format, and that will be webcast, and that the organizational session should be held before the end of 2025 and no later than the start of the sixty-first session of the Human Rights Council, for three working days; 3. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the open-ended intergovernmental working group with all the assistance necessary for the effective fulfilment of its mandate; 4. Calls upon States, the High Commissioner and the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons to hold virtual regional meetings or seminars to contribute to the work of the open-ended intergovernmental working group; 5. Calls upon the working group to take into account the inputs from all stakeholders, the findings and recommendations of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, the relevant reports of the Secretary-General, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, and the work of other relevant international and regional human rights bodies and mechanisms; 6. Invites States, relevant United Nations organizations, agencies, funds and programmes, national human rights institutions, civil society, especially older persons and their representative organizations, to contribute actively and constructively to the work of the working group; 7. Calls upon the working group to encourage and promote the meaningful participation and engagement of older persons and their representative organizations from all regional groups, in an inclusive manner, and in particular to give older persons the opportunity to express their views on the topic and substance of the proposed international legally binding instrument; 8. Requests the working group to submit a report on progress made to the Human Rights Council for its consideration at its sixty-third session, and to make the report available in an easy-to-read accessible format. 56th meeting 2 2 A/HRC/49/70.