The right to social security (Art. 9) 2007, para. 6
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- The right to social security has been strongly affirmed in international law. The human rights dimensions of social security were clearly present in the Declaration of Philadelphia of 1944 which called for the "extension of social security measures to provide a basic income to all in need of such protection and comprehensive medical care". Social security was recognized as a human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, which states in article 22 that "Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security" and in article 25(1) that everyone has the "right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control". The right was subsequently incorporated in a range of international human rights treaties and regional human rights treaties. In 2001, the International Labour Conference, composed of representatives of States, employers, and workers, affirmed that social security "is a basic human right and a fundamental means for creating social cohesion".
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2007
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- CESCR General Comment No. 19, The right to social security (Art. 9) (2007), para. 6.
- Paragraph number
- 6
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