Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation and Decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
Legal depository - Year: 1998
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters was adopted on 25 June 1998 in the Danish city of Aarhus (Århus) at the Fourth Ministerial Conference as part of the “Environment for Europe” process. It...
Read MoreIberoamerican Convention on Rights of Youth
Legal depository - Country: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Spain, Uruguay / Year: 2009
Article 28. Right to social protection. Youth have the right to social protection towards situations of illness, accident in the workplace, disability, widowhood or orphanage and any other situation meaning lack or decrease of means of subsistence or capacity to work. The States Parties shall adopt as many measures ...
Read MoreInter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities
Inter-American Convention on Protection the Human Rights of Older Persons (Draft Resolution)
Legal depository - Year: 2015
Article 17: The Right to Social Security All older persons have the right to social security to protect them so that they can live in dignity. State Parties shall progressively promote, within available resources, the provision of income to ensure a dignified life for older persons through social security...
Read MoreSADC Code of Social Security
Legal depository - Country: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe / Year: 2007
This instrument provides guidelines on the Southern African Development Community’s approach to social protection. Link to page...
Read MoreEuropean Code of Social Security
Legal depository - Country: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom / Year: 1964
This code provides guidelines the Council of Europe’s member States approach to social security. Link to code...
Read MoreCARICOM Agreement on Social Security
Legal depository - Country: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago /
This instrument provides guidelines on the Caribbean Community’s approach to social protection. Link to agreement...
Read MoreCharter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, 2000
Legal depository - Year: 2000
Article 34: Social security and social assistance 1. The Union recognises and respects the entitlement to social security benefits and social services providing protection in cases such as maternity, illness, industrial accidents, dependency or old age, and in the case of loss of employment, in accordance with the rules laid...
Read MoreThe European Social Charter, 1961
Legal depository - Year: 1961
Article 8: The right of employed women to protection With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right of employed women to protection, the Contracting Parties undertake: to provide either by paid leave, by adequate social security benefits or by benefits from public funds for women to...
Read MoreASEAN Human Rights Declaration, 2013
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Article 28: Every person has the right to an adequate standard of living for himself or herself and his or her family including: a. The right to adequate and affordable food, freedom from hunger and access to safe and nutritious food; b. The right to clothing; c. The right...
Read MoreThe Arab Charter on Human Rights, 2004
Legal depository - Year: 2004
Article 36: The States parties shall ensure the right of every citizen to social security, including social insurance. Article 40: 2. The States parties shall provide social services free of charge for all persons with disabilities, shall provide the material support needed by those persons, their families or the...
Read MoreAdditional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1988
Legal depository - Year: 1988
Article 9: Right to social security 1. Everyone shall have the right to social security protecting him from the consequences of old age and of disability which prevents him, physically or mentally, from securing the means for a dignified and decent existence. In the event of the death of...
Read MoreAmerican Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Persons, 1948
Legal depository - Year: 1948
Article 16: Every person has the right to social security which will protect him from the consequences of unemployment, old age, and any disabilities arising from causes beyond his control that make it physically or mentally impossible for him to earn a living. Link to declaration...
Read MoreThe African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 1981
Regional Human Rights Instruments
Africa The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 1981 The Charter has no express provision recognizing the right to social security. Certain aspects of the right may, however, be derived from Article 16, the right to health, and Article 18(4), the right of the aged and disabled to...
Read MoreCommonwealth of Independent States Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Legal depository - Country: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan / Year: 1995
Relevant articles Article 13: 3. For the purpose of creating the necessary conditions for the full development of the family, which is the fundamental unit of society, the Contracting Parties shall contribute to the economic, legal and social protection of family life by such means as social and family...
Read MoreCharter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
Legal depository - Year: 2000
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union Article 34 provides that the European Union recognizes and respects the entitlement to social security benefits and social services providing protection in cases such as maternity, illness, industrial accidents, dependency or old age, and in the case of loss of employment,...
Read MoreThe European Social Charter
Legal depository - Year: 1961
Article 12 requires contracting parties to establish or maintain a system of social security at a satisfactory level at least equal to that required for ratification of the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102). In addition, they must endeavour to raise progressively the system of social security...
Read MoreAdditional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Legal depository - Year: 1988
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Article 9 of the Right to Social Security, reads as follows: “(1) Everyone shall have the right to social security protecting him from the consequences of old age and of disability...
Read MoreThe Arab Charter on Human Rights
The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Legal depository - Year: 1981
The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights The Charter has no express provision recognizing the right to social security. Certain aspects of the right may, however, be derived from Article 16, the right to health, and Article 18(4), the right of the aged and disabled to special measures...
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