"The purpose of this brochure is to help senior citizens across the Union understand better what the Treaty of Lisbon and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU bring to older people in terms of citizenship, non-discrimination and equality between women and men, fundamental rights, employment, social protection, health safety and economic interest of consumers, human health protection and protection against violence and elder abuse. It will also present what the EU plans to do to protect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities and of older people, as an outcome of the ratification by the EU of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2011." (Quoted from paper)