Standards of Accessibility, Adaptability and Acceptability
The principle of equality and non-discrimination requires States to ensure that social protection programmes meet the standards of accessibility, adaptability, acceptability and adequacy for all rights holders. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) has recommended these standards through several General Comments including 13, 14 and 19....
Read MoreIncorporating a Rights-based Perspective into the Administrative Activities of Government Programmes
Expert commentaries - Date: 28 March 2014 / Author: James Midgely
As the role of social protection in social development is increasingly emphasized, there is a need to ensure that social protection programmes are not only efficiently managed but express core values such as rights which have played a vital role in shaping social development practice over the years. However,...
Read MoreSecuring a Dignified Old Age for All
Expert commentaries - Date: 24 April 2014 / Author: Charles Knox-Vydmanov
Access to adequate social protection in old age remains a luxury limited to a minority of people globally, with just one in five older people in low- and middle-income countries receiving even a basic pension. This huge gap is symptomatic of the wider failure of social protection systems as...
Read MoreThe Role that Civil Society can Play in Ensuring Accountability in Social Protection Programmes
Expert commentaries - Date: 14 April 2014 / Author: Felipe J. Hevia
Civil society and accountability in social protection programmes The experience of the last 20 years suggests there are four obstacles to ensuring accountability in social protection programmes. The first obstacle has to do with social protection’s contested status: is it a right or only a service or a favour?...
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