social rights

International legal standards for social protection of the elderly

The peculiarities of regulating the right of the elderly to social protection at the
international legal level are defined, the main international legal acts in this field are
described. Among the international instruments relevant for the social protection of the elderly
are: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Social Charter, the
International Aging Plan on Aging, adopted by the First World Assembly on Aging in 1982,
the United Nations Principles the elderly, Declaration on Aging. The analysis of international

The mutual influence and interrelation of civil society and the state as a unified whole

Civil society asks dynamic welfare state plays in its existence developmental role. Therefore, the level of civil society and the level of the welfare state concepts are interrelated. In fact, civil society is a mechanism for the further development of the functional structure developed forms of welfare state. It is not only a condition for the full realization of the general characteristics of social support in the social state, but also a mechanism combining civil and social rights is an effective way to legitimize the legal nature of social policy.