Social security systems based on dignity and respect

Mark Simpson; Grainne McKeever; Ann Marie Gray

Social security systems based on dignity and respect

Mark Simpson, Grainne McKeever, Ann Marie Gray

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Abstract

The Scotland Act 2016 devolves new social security powers to the Scottish Parliament. Although its new powers are limited, accounting for only 15% of expenditure on non-pension benefits, the Scottish Government has given an ambitious set of commitments for a devolved system. “Respect for the dignity of individuals” is at the heart of this vision. Social security is recognised in international human rights law as being crucial to the protection of human dignity. While human dignity is a core concept in human rights law, it is a poorly defined one and respect has no legal definition.The Equality and Human Rights Commission contracted Ulster University to look at how social security systems in other countries encompass dignity and respect. This report of their research proposes a legally-grounded definition of dignity and respect and discusses possible means of embedding dignity and respect as core principles underpinning social security in Scotland.

Original language	English
Publisher	Equality and Human Rights Commission
Number of pages	110
Publication status	Published - 7 Aug 2017

Keywords

Social security
Devolution
Human Rights
Social Rights
Social Justice
Human dignity

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Activities

6 Invited talk
3 Participating in a conference, workshop, ...

AJC/Justice working group on benefit decision making

Grainne Mc Keever (Participant)

2020 → …

Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...

Administrative Justice Council meeting

Grainne Mc Keever (Speaker)

31 Jan 2020

Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights fact-finding visit to United Kingdom

Mark Simpson (Participant)

10 Nov 2018

Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...

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Research Output

2 Article
1 Paper
1 Other contribution

Conceptualising dignity in the context of social security: bottom-up and top-down perspectives

Patrick, R. & Simpson, M., 13 Aug 2019, In : Social Policy and Administration. p. 1-16 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

1 Citation (Scopus)

2 Downloads (Pure)

From principles to practice: social security in the Scottish laboratory of democracy

Simpson, M., McKeever, G. & Gray, A., 12 Mar 2019, In : Journal of Social Security Law. 26, 1, p. 13-31 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Protecting dignity, fighting poverty and promoting social inclusion in devolved social security

Simpson, M., 6 Jun 2018.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

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Simpson, M., McKeever, G., & Gray, A. M. (2017). Social security systems based on dignity and respect. Equality and Human Rights Commission. https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/social-security-systems-based-dignity-and-respect

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