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New Expert Commentary by Rasmus Schødt

Check out Rasmus Jensen Schødt’s new expert commentary on accountability and transparency in social protection systems! Photo credit: “Tagging Sheep” by USAID (CCBY 2.0 via...

Featured Partner: UNRISD

The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), established in 1963, is an autonomous research institute within the UN system that undertakes multidisciplinary research and policy analysis on the social dimensions of contemporary development issues. Through our work, we aim to ensure that social equity, inclusion and justice are central...

International expert meeting on the right of persons with disabilities to social protection

Access to social security is a crucial element of inclusive societies. For persons living with disabilities, it plays an especially important role in providing an adequate standard of living and basic income security, thereby reducing vulnerability and levels of poverty. This expert meeting held in Berlin on 20 May...

Side Event at the Human Rights Council

UNRISD and partners hold a Side Event on Social Protection Floors and Human Rights at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council (6 March 2015). This event served to enhance awareness of and adherence to social security as a human right as well as to improve understanding of the steps...

April Highlights

Attention to Autism 2 April is World Autism Awareness Day. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) recognizes the right to “independence of person and to individual autonomy” (Art 3) as well as the right to “legal capacity on an equal basis with others and in all aspects...

First advisory board meeting

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The first advisory board meeting was held on 23 January 2015 via teleconference. The advisory board is composed of twelve experts working in the human rights and social policy fields who will provide the platform with guidance and strategic...

A Rights-based Approach to Social Protection at the 2nd World Human Rights Forum

Representatives from UNRISD participated in a social protection and human rights panel discussion at the 2nd World Human Rights Forum in Morocco. The forum, which brought together more than 6,000 participants from over 100 countries, provided an opportunity for UNRISD representatives to raise awareness about the platform. Forum attendees...