LET US WALK THE TALK: THE RIGHT TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND SOCIAL PROTECTION – THE CASE FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

• Authors: Cichon Michael
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The human right to social security entered into international law in the middle of the last century. In 2012 the International Labour Conference took the latest step towards the concretisation of this right when it adopted its recommendation No. 202 (R202) concerning national floors of social protection. Shortly thereafter, in 2015, the global community of nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which contain a comprehensive social protection agenda. Together, these two instruments set clear global objectives of social protection accessible to all people. It is argued here that the ILO or the UN have to take the next step and transform “soft” instruments of recommendation and goals into “hard” ones and develop a new convention on universal access to at least floor of social protection to a create true safeguard for the right to social security and make it more difficult to reverse achieved social progress.

Keywords

EN

Social security; social protection; human rights; ILO Recommendation No. 202 concerning national floors of social protection; ILO conventions; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Polityka Społeczna
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 1(15) ENG HOW DECENT WILL BE WORK IN THE FUTURE? CENTENARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION
• Pages: 31-36

Contributors

author

Cichon Michael

• International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW), Fellow

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