Right of everyone to social security and social insurance (Article 9 of the of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights)

The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to social security, including social insurance.

There was only one case before the highest courts in the country wherein the application of Article 9 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was considered, relating to social security (the right to pension),²¹⁰² which certainly falls within the protection afforded by Article 6 of the ECHR and Article 1 of Additional Protocol No. 1 to the ECHR.