TY - JOUR JF - MLJ JO - MLJ VL - 11 IS - 42 PY - 2017 Y1 - 2017/10/01 TI - Concept and Place of Social Security Right in International Documents TT - مفهوم و جایگاه حق تأمین اجتماعی در اسناد بین‌المللی N2 - Social security as a social and historical phenomenon, is being considered as the result of economic and social development process especially in developing industrial societies proposed as the individual security requirements against the social risks but its legal norms in the human right framework needs international community attention on the basis of issuing international documents, rules and regulations. In the documents, the social security right with all subject varieties is being recognized as the fundamental right to preserve human inherent dignity and supply its social and individual benefits indicating governments are in charge of human right fulfillment. Although all governments regarding, facilities financial resources and other political social conditions, do not fulfill all rights as the same, the right to social security as a fundamental right of every individual is being accepted nationally and internationally which assists governments to do justice and establish social security as well. The right to social security is also regarded as an appropriate indicator in international peace and security preservation. This paper seeks to answer the following questions,What is the position of social security on international system of human rights? What are the social security rights’ components and concepts? In addition, what is the government role for the social security right fulfillment? Please cite this article as: Zamani SG, Azad Devin A. Concept and Place of Social Security Right in International Documents. Iran J Med Law 2017; 11(42): 7-40. SP - 7 EP - 40 AU - Zamani, Seyed Ghasem AU - Azad Devin, Ali AD - Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Allameh Tabatabaei, Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding author) KW - International Documents KW - Government Role KW - Human Rights KW - Right of Social Security KW - Economic Social and Cultural Rights UR - http://ijmedicallaw.ir/article-1-767-en.html ER -