The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has elaborated the right to social protection’s normative content, as well as the core obligations governments have in respect of social protection. Furthermore, the ICESCR (International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) states that the full realisation of the rights recognised in its Covenant on ESCR […]
Social security is a human right. More than 60 years ago, article 22 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declared ‘Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security’. Nevertheless, the everyday life of billions of people around the world, from North to South and from East to West, shows that […]
From 4 till 6 November 2014 the UNIVERSAL SOCIAL PROTECTION ADVOCACY TOUR took place. The tour was organised by the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors, SOLIDAR, Brot für die Welt and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung with the participation, among others, of the Arab NGO Network for Development (Lebanon), the Phoenix Center (Jordan), the African Platform for […]
21 November 2014, side-event at the official meeting of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland. The Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors appeals to the members of the CESCR to issue a statement recognizing the ILO's Social Protection Floors Recommendation 202 as instrumental to the realization of the right to social security.
04 November 2014, Brussels The Tour targeted the European Union (EU) institutions, to seek their support for the inclusion of universal social protection systems and floors in the post-2015 development framework. The Tour included a public event at the European Parliament and closed doors meetings with Brussels based CSOs, EU institutions and EU Governments Representatives.
Universal and Comprehensive Social Protection Systems and Floors: Essential to Fight Poverty and Inequality - During the week of 3 November 2014, the UNIVERSAL SOCIAL PROTECTION ADVOCACY TOUR – targeting European Union Representatives- was organised by the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors, SOLIDAR, Brot für die Welt and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung with the participation, among others, of the […]
A social protection floor for everyone: a universal rights-based development goal Well into the 21st century, the world remains an unfair, unequal, insecure and unhealthy place for the majority of people. At global level, four out of five persons do not have access to comprehensive social protection. About 80 per cent of the global population […]
Global Coalition demands the right to social security for all at the Human Rights Council - On 6 March 2014, the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors, speaking via a video message, recommended to the Human Rights Council to:• call on states to take appropriate measures and steps with a view to respecting, protecting and […]
06 March 2014, Human Rights Council, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland "Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors, speaking via a video message, said the right to social security was a key instrument to the realization of all human rights with dignity, because the world today was an unfair, unequal, insecure and unhealthy place for the […]
