Social protection and old age poverty 2010, para. 71
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Eligibility requirements for social pensions must be provided for in national law and mechanisms must be available to ensure the timely inclusion in the programmes. When adopting a universal scheme, States must put in place rolling registration systems to allow individuals to register as soon as they reach the age requirement. If the scheme is poverty-targeted, the qualifying conditions for benefits must be gender-sensitive, reasonable, objective and transparent.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights