Thank you for your question.
For three years, from 2013 to 2016, several experts from around the world looked at what tools could be put in place regarding the rights of older people. I'm going to talk about rights in a broad way while focusing on what you asked me about.
We found that there were no tools dedicated to the rights of older adults. Much like we did for women, children, and indigenous people, we need to establish an international convention to publicize and protect these rights. Then it's a matter of defining the tools that will flow from that and that will be developed and modified. Then we can take the necessary steps to adequately protect the elderly from abuse and fraud.
In fact, what was considered, once it became necessary to establish a convention, was everything related to elder abuse, fraud and mistreatment. Right now, a lot of the tools are geared towards people with disabilities or mental retardation. The majority of seniors are not physically or mentally impaired. So there's nothing that covers them in a general way right now, and that's why we need to address this more broadly and focus on this issue.