Social Development Bulletin: Social Protection as a Tool for Justice

Organization(s): ESCWA
Regions: Arab States, Middle East and North Africa
Year: 2015
Language: Arabic
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ESCWA puts out an newsletter, Social Development Bulletin, which discusses current development issues in the Western Asia region. This edition covers social protection as a method to achieve just and sustainable development.

 

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The interdependence, indivisibility and mutually reinforcing nature of human rights necessitates a holistic approach to social protection. As such, under international human rights law, social protection programmes should be one element within a broader strategy aimed at overcoming poverty and realizing all human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights such as the rights to […]

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