A/64/279 Declaration of Human Rights and in several international treaties 28 and ILO conventions, in particular Convention No. 102 (1952) concerning Minimum Standards of Social Security. 51. Social protection is not, however, required only in order to give effect to these two rights. A full range of other rights are relevant to social protection, such as the right to the highest attainable standard of health, the right to education, the protection of the family and maternity benefits, the right to work, the right to protection of employment and the rights of elderly persons. 52. In addition to these economic and social rights, other human rights are relevant when considering social protection measures and how they should be implemented, for example, the right to participate in public life, the right to access to information and the right to an effective remedy. The principles of equality, non-discrimination, transparency and accountability are also relevant. These rights are essential to ensure the effectiveness and appropriateness of social protection systems, for example, by enabling participation in the processes of designing a country’s social protection system and ensuring that individuals can claim their entitlements. 53. Civil and political rights also contribute greatly and provide protection against certain risks and vulnerabilities, in particular, those caused by States such as inhumane treatment, arbitrary arrest or detention or unreasonable restrictions on the media and journalists. C. Obligations imposed by economic, social and cultural rights 54. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights imposed several obligations upon States parties that are relevant in the establishment of social protections schemes: (a) The minimum core obligation to ensure the satisfaction of, at the very least, minimum essential levels of all economic, social and cultural rights: the minimum levels that must be attained aim to secure basic subsistence and medical care for all members of society and provide protection to anyone without adequate resources. In this regard, social protection measures can be seen as a response to meeting basic minimum standards in relation to economic, social and cultural rights; (b) The obligation to ensure the progressive realization of all economic, social and cultural rights: States must devote the maximum of their available resources to ensure progressive realization of these rights. It is important to note that the allocation of resources is not left to the complete discretion of States. States must grant a degree of priority to allocating resources to ensure basic subsistence __________________ 28 09-45276 The right to social security is included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, articles 22 and 25; the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, articles 9 and 10; the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, article 5.e.iv; the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, article 11.1.e; the Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 26; and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and their Families, article 27. It also appears in regional human rights instruments such as the Protocol of San Salvador, article 9 and the European Social Charter, article 12. The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights stipulates that the aged and the disabled shall also have the right to special measures of protection in keeping with their physical or moral needs, article 18.4. 13