Event Employment and Social Policy Human Rights and Development 2015 Social Protection Floors and Human Rights 06.03.2015 How can social protection floors contribute to the realization of economic, social and cultural rights? And how can better understanding of the norms and principles of human rights improve the design of social protection floors? This side event aimed to enhance awareness of and adherence to social security as a human right, and improve understanding of the steps needed to ensure consistency of national implementation of ILO Social Protection Floors Recommendation No. 20 with international and domestic human rights obligations, including gender equality. The OHCHR report on the contribution of social protection floors to the realization of economic, social and cultural rights served as a basis for the discussion (A/HRC/28/35, submitted to the Human Rights Council at is 28th session). Flyer 1 MB
