Guarantees of Senior Citizens’ Rights
What makes a right meaningful in an older person’s everyday life? This book examines the guarantees that protect the rights of senior citizens in the United Arab Emirates, connecting legal principles with the responsibilities of families, institutions and society.
Its starting point is human dignity: recognising older people as individuals with choices, experience and a continuing contribution to their communities. Care matters, but it is one part of a wider discussion about protection, participation, respect and the practical conditions that allow people to live with dignity.
This page provides an expanded English overview for international researchers and institutions. The book and the downloadable sample are in Arabic.
The book’s central questions
The book asks how legal guarantees can become practical safeguards, how responsibility is distributed across families and institutions, and which challenges call for further research and improvement. It follows a path from concepts and legal foundations to implementation, institutional cooperation and recommendations.
This approach invites readers to consider both the text of a right and the arrangements that make it usable: accessible information, appropriate services, protection against abuse and opportunities for older people to be heard.
Seven chapters
- Concepts and foundations: the meaning of senior citizens’ rights and the principles underlying their protection.
- Legal protection: the legal framework and guarantees addressed in the book.
- Responsibility: duties and accountability in the protection of senior citizens.
- Penalties and safeguards: the role of sanctions and their relationship to preventing violations.
- Families, institutions and care partnerships: cooperation between public bodies, families and community organisations.
- Challenges and development: barriers to protection and possible directions for improvement.
- Findings and recommendations: the study’s conclusions, proposals and areas for future research.
The detailed Arabic contents provides the full chapter and section titles.
For researchers and practitioners
The book is intended for researchers, postgraduate students, legal and social-sector practitioners, and readers interested in human rights and ageing. International readers may find it useful as an introduction to the discussion of senior citizens’ rights in the UAE and as a starting point for comparative questions.
Research on ageing benefits from considering older people’s own perspectives alongside institutional and legal arrangements. Questions about participation, family responsibilities, service design and protection can connect academic inquiry with practical work in communities.
Readers are encouraged to consult the official text of legislation when examining a specific legal issue. The book’s analysis and the short articles on this website offer a route into the subject, while official sources remain essential for verifying the applicable provisions.
About the author
Dr. Salem Abdullah Al Nuaimi is an Emirati academic, author and human rights researcher whose work includes the rights of senior citizens. His website brings together the book, research contributions and opportunities for scholarly dialogue.
Speaking and academic dialogue
Universities, institutes and community organisations can propose a lecture, seminar or academic discussion on senior citizens’ rights, human rights, international humanitarian law or research methods. The proposed audience, language, format and timing can be discussed before any event is confirmed.
Read and get in touch
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For research enquiries or collaboration: salemalnuaimi45@gmail.com. You can also use the direct contact form on the Arabic homepage.