The rights-based approach to social protection in Latin America : From rethoric to practice /

The rights-based approach to social protection in Latin America : From rethoric to practice /

This paper aims to contribute to developing the normative framework for rights-based social protection systems and discusses lessons learned in some emblematic programmes implemented in Latin America which have sought to advance a rights approach. The paper emphas izes the added value of the rights-...

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Main Author: Sepúlveda Carmona, Magdalena
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santiago de Chile : ECLAC. Social Development Division, 2014
Series:Social policy series ; 189
Subjects:
POLITICA SOCIAL
SEGURIDAD SOCIAL
DERECHOS HUMANOS
DERECHOS ECONOMICOS Y SOCIALES
AMERICA LATINA
SEGUROS SOCIALES
Online Access:http://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/37517/S1420720_en.pdf?sequence=1
Table of Contents:
  • Executive summary
  • Introduction
  • 1. The obligatory nature and the value added of the right-based approach
  • 2. Social protection with a human rights focus
  • 3. Basic elements of a rights-based approach
  • 4. Lessons learned
  • 5. Judicial enforce ment of social rights and its impact on the design of social protection policies
  • 6. Conclusions and policy recommendations.

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