World Social Protection Report 2014/15: Building economic recovery, inclusive development and social justice
Resources - Author: ILO / Year: 2014
Social protection policies play a critical role in realizing the human right to social security for all, reducing poverty and inequality, and promoting inclusive growth – by boosting human capital and productivity, and by supporting domestic demand and structural transformation of national economies. This ILO flagship report provides a...
Read MoreReport on Cash transfer programmes (CTPs) from a human rights perspective (A/HRC/11/9), submitted by the independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty
Resources - Author: Magdalena Sepúlveda / Year: 2009
This report focuses on cash transfer programmes (CTPs) from a human rights perspective. CTPs are non-contributory programmes providing payments in the form of cash to individuals or households. The primary objective of CTPs is to increase the real income of beneficiaries in order to enable a minimum level of consumption within...
Read MoreTransforming Social Protection: Human Wellbeing and Social Justice
Resources - Author: J. Allister McGregor, Stephen Devereux / Year: 2014
This article calls for a moment of pause to consider the current direction of social protection thinking and practice. It introduces a special issue in which a range of authors explore the relationship between social protection and social justice. The article argues that the currently technocratic approach to social...
Read MorePoverty, inequality and standards of living
The lack of social protection coverage, being associated with economic insecurity, poverty, high levels of inequality and low investments in human capital, is seen as a major obstacle to economic and social development. Social protection plays a critical role in reducing poverty and inequality, improving the standards of living...
Read MoreJudicial Protection of the Right to Social Security
Expert commentaries - Date: 25 September 2014 / Author: Alison Graham
The right to social security is enshrined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) as well as other international treaties, and has been upheld by numerous judicial bodies at the national, regional and international levels, both explicitly or implicitly through other rights including civil and...
Read MoreA Rights-Based Approach to Social Protection: The Case of Tunisia
Expert commentaries - Date: 18 September 2014 / Author: Mehdi Ben Brahman, Seynabou Dia
Tunisia today is at an important stage in its thinking about a new development model that combines optimal allocation of resources and social equity, welfare being an essential factor in the success of the democratic transition and at the core of the 2011 popular uprising. However, structural reform cannot...
Read MoreRealizing Rights in Practice: ‘Minimum’ Level of Social Security in Relation to an ‘Adequate’ Standard of Living
Expert commentaries - Date: 8 April 2014 / Author: Bob Deacon
Bob Deacon, Emeritus Professor at the International Social Policy, University of Sheffield
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