The implementation of the right to social protection through the adoption of social protection floors 2014, para. 32
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- A good example of this is the approach adopted in the Human Development Report 2014. While the report focuses on the need to reduce vulnerability and build resilience, much of its thrust is to support universal social protection. Thus, it explicitly "calls for universal access to basic social services … stronger social protection … and a commitment to full employment …". But while the Social Protection Floor Initiative is mentioned a couple of times, it is by no means central to the analysis. Even more significantly, the report avoids, to the extent possible, the use of the term "human rights". The first mention of the phrase is a quote from Pope Francis on page 14; the next is on page 74 in a reference to "women's human rights". Rather than using language that links in any way to specific human rights, or to obligations assumed by States, the report makes extensive use of generic terms that give the illusion of referring to human rights but are not in fact grounded in any particular content. Thus, there are references to "needs and rights", "rights and services", "interests and rights", "rights and choices", "basic rights", and "intrinsic rights". It is only in a final discussion, towards the end of the report, on "elements of a global social contract", that reference is made to various human rights treaties.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 32
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