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In Focus: Social justice, human rights and social security
The United Nations has designated 20 February as the World Day of Social Justice. The World Day recognizes that society must be based on social justice, a respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms – and on the right to social security for all.
Social security, the MDGs and human rights: A rights-based approach to social protection
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ISSA,
17.02.2012 |
Feature
| About social security
Social protection has become a centrepiece for development, because it is an indispensable ingredient for empowering people to participate in society in all its dimensions – social, political, economic and cultural. It is also increasingly considered as an essential tool for states to fulfill the...Read more
Social justice, social protection and social security
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ISSA,
18.02.2010 |
Feature
| About social security
The explicit recognition of social protection as a human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 served to enshrine it in the universal conscience. This is the upshot of a long process, the first traces of which are already to be found with Hsun Tsu in China in the third centur...Read more
Social security: A pillar of social justice
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ISSA,
17.02.2009 |
Feature
| About social security
The United Nations has designated 20 February 2009 as the first World Day of Social Justice. The World Day recognizes that society must be based on social justice, a respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms – and on the right to social protection for all. Read more
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and social security
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ISSA,
08.12.2008 |
Feature
| About social security
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948. According to its preamble, it expresses “a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations”, whose “universal and effective recognition and observance” must be secured by “pro...Read more
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The ISSA Good Practice Award for the Americas
ISSA,
14.05.2012 |
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