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Webinar - Derecho a la seguridad social en las constituciones del mundo: Ampliando el espacio moral y legal para la justicia social. Edición América Latina - 5 October 2023
ILO
The event sought to raise awareness of the importance of international law and constitutional principles in the design, implementation and reform of rights-based social protection systems, took stock of the progress made in social security in Latin American countries and the main challenges to ensure that everyone has access to this human right. The event brought together national and international experts in a virtual panel discussion that reflected on the role of constitutional provisions on social security in establishing the regulatory frameworks and institutions necessary to ensure the practical realisation of this human right in the region.
The webinar also served as an occasion to launch the ILO publication "The right to social security in the constitutions of the world: Broadening the moral and legal space for social justice", Latin America volume, which brings together valuable contributions from academics, government officials and social security experts from the region embodied in 18 country articles analysing the treatment of the human right to social security in the constitutions and national legal systems of Argentina, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
The session was delivered entirely in Spanish.
Opening remarks and presentation of the publication:
Guillermo Montt, Senior Social Protection Specialist for the Southern Cone of Latin America, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Julieta Rossi, Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Gina Magnolia Riaño Barón, Secretary General of the Ibero-American Social Security Organisation, OISS
Maya Stern-Plaza, Social Protection Legal and Standards Officer, ILO
Moderator: Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, Executive Director, Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR).
Panellists:
Argentina: Laura Pautassi, Senior Researcher, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET)
Ecuador: Mónica Vinueza Flores, Researcher, Centre européen de recherches en droit des familles, des assurances, des personnes et de la santé (CERFAPS), University of Bordeaux
Mexico: Héctor Orduña Sosa, Magistrado de Circuito, Decimotercer Tribunal Colegiado de Circuito en Materia de Trabajo del Primer Circuito, Poder Judicial de la Federación, and Pablo García Reyes, Secretario de Estudio y Cuenta, Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación.