Social Security as a Human Right

Drafting a General Comment on Article 9 ICESCR - Some Challenges

By: Eibe H. Riedel (Editor)

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Article 9 of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights on the right to social security is the shortest article in the entire Covenant and for that reason alone highly abstract and vague. A comprehensive analysis of the article 9 is still lacking, not least because it is widely regarded as a Pandora's box better not to be opened.

Experience has shown that the quality of the state reporting procedure is greatly improved once the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights has adopted a General Comment. Thus, it seems very desirable to close this gap. For the reason, an International Expert Workshop on the Right to Social Security was held in April 2005 at the German Institute for Human Rights, whose purpose was to highlight specific issues of the right to social security which should be addressed by the Committee when drafting a General Comment on article 9. The results of this workshop are published in this volume providing an insight into the current challenges on social security as a human right.

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"... Der Blickwinkel ist international. Mehr, indem er das Interesse des Lesers auf sozialrechtliche Entwicklungen in einzelnen Weltgegenden ... lenkt, gewinnt die Betrachtung an Konkretheit und gerade dadurch an Tiefgang, Gewicht und Gestalt. ... Die Debatte um dieses Recht wird mit diesem Band nicht beendet. Aber es kommt ihm das grosse Verdienst zu, diese in Deutschland mit dem langst uberfalligen internationalen Blick eroeffnet zu haben ..." (Eberhard Eichenhofer, VSSR - Vierteljahresschrift fur Sozialrecht, 2007, Issue 2, S. 155 f.)

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Non-Fiction Sociology & Anthropology Law International Law Public International Law Laws of Specific Jurisdictions Social Law Social Security & Welfare Law Social Services & Welfare Social Welfare & Social Services Welfare & Benefit Systems Politics & Government

Political Control & Freedoms Human Rights Economics

The Right to Social Security - Current Challenges in International Perspective	p. 1
The Human Right to Social Security: Some Challenges	p. 17
The Right to Social Security and Implications for Law, Policy and Practice	p. 29
Social Security Reforms and the Right to Social Security - Latin America and Eastern Europe Compared	p. 55
The Judicial Enforcement of Social Security Rights in South Africa - Enhancing Accountability for the Basic Needs of the Poor	p. 69
Social Security - International Standards and the Right to Social Security	p. 91
Evaluating the ILO's Approach to Standard-Setting and Monitoring in the Field of Social Security	p. 103
Social Security for Women Workers in the Informal Economy - SEWA's Social Security Programme	p. 117
Exclusion of Vulnerable Groups from Equal Access to Social Security - The Case of Asylum Seekers in the UK	p. 129
Social Security Systems and the Neo-Liberal Challenge	p. 145
Evaluating Reforms in Social Security Protection	p. 157
Summary of Discussion	p. 171
Annex: List of Participants	p. 189
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