VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee

South Africa has a large social assistance programme that plays a critical role in addressing extreme poverty. The strong constitutional rights framework, including a right to social security, underpins the development of this programme. Women are...

A vast majority of states have formally committed to respect, protect, and progressively fulfill the right to social security by ratifying human rights and ILO conventions. Accordingly, social security systems should guarantee indiscriminate access...

In the last 25 years, Vietnam has been one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. Regarding social protection and social insurance, there are many practical challenges ahead. In 2012, only 10.4 million workers were enrolled in compulsory social...

Since the 1930s Brazil has been slowly building its welfare state. In the wake of struggles and political clashes to ensure rights and revive democracy, the Constitution of 1988 brought about an important shift, as it established economic and social...

For all involved, the structuring and reform of social security systems in developing countries not only faces manifold political and economic challenges, but also raises numerous legal questions. These range from the matter of which provisions of...