This report is not a comprehensive research on the realization of the right to social security and all current programs and initiatives of the national and local government. Being the first CHRP document on the subject, the paper is exploratory in nature. It is intended to manifest the scoping process on the Philippine experience to respect, protect and fulfill the right to social security. The report based its findings and recommendations on the consultations conducted and the review of related literature. International Standards on the Right to Social Security Several international documents and treaties give rise to the importance of social security in the guarantee of a dignified life for all persons. Article 22 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) provides that "everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality” 12 Article 25 meanwhile guarantees that everyone has “the rights to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control”13 Article 9 of International Covenant for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) adds that along with social security, social insurance must also be guaranteed. In the guarantee of the right to access these benefits without discrimination, an internationally accepted minimum standards were agreed upon which also established the nine principal branches which the social security system must provide coverage for. Convention 102 of the International Labor Organization declares these branches as: 12“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights” from http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-humanrights/ 13 Ibid. Article 22 3