Policy Perspective: Linking Social Protection and Human Rights

Organization(s): UNRISD
Regions: Americas
Country: Uruguay
Year: 2016
Language: English, Spanish

How can governments fulfil their obligation to provide social protection and respect the rights of all? Andrés Scagliola from the Government of the City of Montevideo, Uruguay, describes his experience developing and implementing policy that safeguards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people’s right to social protection.

Social Protection and Human Rights