Social rights are the right to health, social security, medical assistance, the right of older people to be protected, etc.

· Do you think social security systems should be private or public?

· Do you think unemployed should receive support from the state?

The right to work

The right to work is guaranteed, as one of the social and economic rights, in international instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) (Article 23), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Article 6) and the revised European Social Charter (ESC).

When it recognises the right to work, a state is not committing itself to guaranteeing a job for everyone who wants one; such an obligation could be "unworkable" in practice. Rather, it implies that the state has an obligation to develop economic and social conditions where jobs can be created.

The right to work is important in itself but also insofar as it is a basic condition to secure human dignity. Unless the right to work is guaranteed first, the actual exercise of several other basic rights may be inconceivable.

As a corollary of the right to work comes the right to just (or fair) conditions of work. This right specifically includes the guarantees not to be discriminated against, to receive a fair remuneration and paid holidays as well as to have reasonable working hours and a safe and healthy working environment that safeguards a person's physical and mental well-being. These guarantees are given in an attempt to make sure that workers begin and continue their working life in decent conditions. Work should not become an intolerable burden or an end to itself; it should be a means to ensure that at least primary needs such as food, clothing, housing and education, are met.

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