13.3.2. ensure that implicit and explicit bias and ageism are eliminated in the design, development, use and evaluations of artificial intelligence technologies in the fields of healthcare and social care;

13.3.3. support and build the knowledge and capacities of healthcare and social care professionals about the perspective, experience and needs of different groups of older persons, including women, LGBTI persons, persons with disabilities, people with ethnic minority background, and migrants;

13.3.4. grant access to affordable and quality institutional long-term care;

13.4. with regard to access to information, redress and justice, to:

13.4.1. ensure that older persons have full and easily accessible information about their rights and redress mechanisms;

13.4.2. establish appropriate redress mechanisms and support the access of older persons to justice, including through the provision of free legal aid and appropriate legal proceedings;

13.4.3. support the work of equality bodies and ensure their ability to receive and bring forward complaints concerning age-based discrimination against older persons;

13.4.4. raise awareness among and provide training for relevant staff on this area of discrimination, for example through the Council of Europe Programme on Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP);

13.5. with regard to data collection and research, as a tool to measure the situation and inform policy making, to:

13.5.1. review data collection approaches to eliminate any inherent age bias, and collect equality data disaggregated by different age sub-groups alongside other characteristics, without age limits, such as sex, gender, disability, ethnic minority, migrant background, sexual orientation and gender identity, allowing for an analysis of age discrimination as a phenomenon in itself as well as its interaction with other factors;

13.5.2. conduct quantitative and qualitative research into intersectional discrimination affecting older persons, including women, LGBTI persons, migrants, persons with ethnic minority background or persons with disabilities;

13.6. with regard to digitalisation and access to goods and services, to:

13.6.1. combat the digital divide which may affect older persons, by providing universal and affordable access to relevant tools and technologies, along with tailored capacity building and empowerment among the older members of society, to allow for their meaningful and safe use of Information and communication technologies and digital services, in line with the United Nations General Assembly Global Digital Compact;

13.6.2. ensure that public services, especially relating to financial and other essential support, can be accessed through both online and offline means;

13.6.3. ensure that implicit and explicit bias and ageism are identified and avoided throughout the design and use of artificial intelligence technologies applied to public goods and services;

13.7. with regard to the participation of older persons in the decisions that concern them, to:

13.7.1. put in place the necessary and appropriate methods and mechanisms to allow older persons to exercise their full legal capacity, autonomy and voice in all matters affecting them as individuals;

13.7.2. actively seek the involvement of older persons and their representative organisations when considering and reviewing legal and policy measures which affect them and their rights.

14. The Assembly supports the United Nations Decade for Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) and encouragesCouncil of Europe member States to address ageism with specific measures aiming to make tangibleprogress by the end of the decade. It thus invites members States to work towards the elimination of ageismand actively participate in the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism. The Assembly supports, moreover, theconsideration of a United Nations convention on the rights of older persons.

A DIVISÃO DE REDAÇÃO.

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