Summary (English)

On 6 June 2016, at the occasion of the 105th session of the International Labour Conference, Ukraine ratified the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) and accepted the entire set of protection established by all nine social security branches, i.e. medical care, sickness, unemployment, old-age, employment injury, maintenance of children, maternity, invalidity and survivorship. Due to its unique features, Convention No. 102 is the main international treaty setting out minimum standards for the establishment and governance of comprehensive social security systems providing adequate protection against the entire range of social risks that people face throughout their lives.

Ukraine became the 53rd country to ratify Convention No. 102, committing to providing minimum levels of protection for all nine social risks listed by the Convention. The ratification of this global benchmark comes as a concrete answer to some of the challenges that the country is facing with regard to the maintenance of living standards of the population.