Relevant articles: Article 8 – International Law 1. The rules and principles of general or common international law shall form an integral part of Portuguese law. 2. The rules set out in duly ratified or passed international agreements shall come into force in Portuguese internal law once they have...

Relevant article: Article 67 – Social insurance Social insurance of the employed shall be mandatory. The state shall provide material security to the person that is unable to work and has no funds for life. Article 68 – Protection of the persons with disability Special protection of the persons...

Relevant article: Article 26. Monegasques are entitled to state assistance in case of indigence, unemployment, sickness, disability, maternity and old age, under the conditions and manner prescribed by law. Link to compendium “The right to Social Security in European Constitutions: Compendium of provisions of European Constitutions related to the...

Relevant articles: Article 36 – Right to health protection (1) The right to health protection shall be guaranteed. (2) The minimum health insurance provided by the State shall be free. (3) The structure of the national system of medical assistance and the necessary means aimed at protecting the individual...

Relevant article: Chapter II Declaration of Principles 17. Social assistance and insurance (1) Every citizen incapable of work and unprovided with the resources necessary for subsistence is entitled to maintenance and social assistance. (2) Workers are entitled to reasonable insurance on a contributory basis for their requirements in case...

Relevant articles: Article 38 The family shall be the basis of society and the State. Family, motherhood, fatherhood and childhood shall be under the protection and care of the State. …  Article 39 The State shall take care of families that raise and bring up children at home, and...

Relevant articles: Article 18 The State shall be responsible for the public health system, assist institutions for the care of the sick, and seek by legislation to combat intemperance and to reform alcoholics and work-shy persons. Article 20 1. To increase employment and to advance its economic interests, the...

Relevant articles: Article 109 Everyone has the right to social security in old age, for work disability, for unemployment and in other cases as provided by law.  Article 110 The State shall protect and support marriage – a union between a man and a woman, the family, the rights...

Relevant articles: Article 50 – Rights of Children 1. Children enjoy the right to protection and care necessary for their wellbeing. … Article 51 – Health and Social Protection 1. Healthcare and social insurance are regulated by law. 2. Basic social insurance related to unemployment, disease, disability and old...

Relevant articles: Article 30 – Parental Duties and Rights It is the duty and right of parents to support, raise and educate their children, even if born out of wedlock. In the case of incapacity of the parents, the law provides for the fulfilment of their duties. The law...

Relevant articles: Article XVI 1. Every child shall have the right to the protection and care required for his or her proper physical, mental and moral development. 2. Parents shall have the right to choose the type of upbringing they deem fit for their children. 3. Parents shall be...

Relevant articles: Article 5 … 5. All persons are entitled to the protection of their health and of their genetic identity. …  Article 21 1. The family, being the cornerstone of the preservation and the advancement of the Nation, as well as marriage, motherhood and childhood, shall be under...

Relevant article: Section 19 – The right to social security Those who cannot obtain the means necessary for a life of dignity have the right to receive indispensable subsistence and care. Everyone shall be guaranteed by an Act the right to basic subsistence in the event of unemployment, illness,...

Relevant articles: Article 32 Marriage, the family, motherhood, fatherhood, and childhood shall be under the protection of the State. Article 41 … The State shall create conditions necessary for full employment of the population. Where a person is unemployed for reasons which are beyond one’s control, he shall be...

Relevant articles: Article 16 – Social development and state 1. Azerbaijani state takes care about improvement of prosperity of all people and each citizen, their social protection and proper living conditions. 2. Azerbaijani state participates in development of culture, education, public health, science, arts, protects environment, historical, material and...

Relevant articles: Article 35 The family is the natural and fundamental cell of society. Men and women of marriageable age have the right to marry and found a family according to their free will. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and divorce. Dismissal for...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur, Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, provides a study focusing on disability-inclusive social protection as a prerequisite for the universalization of social protection. She stresses that social protection is fundamental for achieving the social inclusion and active participation of persons with disabilities, and promoting their active...

Adolescent girls’ rights and their power to drive social change and achieve inclusive are crucial to sustainable human development. This recognition comes at a time of increased global interest in understanding and offering solutions to the challenges girls face as they enter the second decade of their lives. Aspirations...

The Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas, presented her first report in September at the 70th session of the General Assembly.  The report aims to provide guidance and recommendations to states and other responsible actors for creating disability-inclusive social protection systems. The report touches...

Social protection is essential for social justice and inclusion, strong democracies, equitable growth and resilience during crises. The components of social protection programmes have diverse shapes and historic and cultural backgrounds. They are influenced by demographic, geographic, and administrative requirements and need to be context and country specific. Governments...

Worldwide, the prevalence of disability tends to be higher within indigenous communities than among non-indigenous groups.1 This high prevalence of disability is both a cause and a consequence of severe poverty, violence and unsafe living conditions, including exposure to environmental degradation, toxic waste and the adverse impacts of development...

Relevant articles: Article 77 The state shall promote and guarantee the measures needed to ensure the universal right to medical and health care, as well as the right to child care and maternity care, care in illness, disability, old age and in situations in which they are unable to...

Persons with disabilities have the same rights as everyone else to protection from basic social and economic risks and to access appropriate services, regardless of their disability or gender. This website helps give you the tools to design inclusive social protection...

Relevant articles from the 1999 Labour Code of the Republic of Afghanistan: Article 3.11 Social Protection: is a fund deducted of the employees’ monthly salary and Employers’ contribution. Or it is a fund fully paid to the employee by the employer for his/her livelihood during the employee’s service period...

The ILO has developed a substantial body of international legal standards to give effect to the right to social security. Subsequently, over 50 conventions and recommendations have been adopted jointly by governments, employers and workers within the ILO. These social security standards have often been used by the Committee...