security as an individual right of a human being; defining the social responsibility of the state in social security provisions; and placing social security among the guiding principles of state policy. These have been associated with a drive towards making social security a constitutional right. This development translated to the idea of a world economy underpinned by a global social protection floor constructed from the national floors embodied in the ILO R202. This instrument opened up a new idea of social justice from a global viewpoint- broadening the moral, legal and fiscal space for social protection in the transition to a more sustainable global economy. The foregoing underscores the inclusion of social security issues in the Atlantic Charter of 1941, the Declaration of Philadelphia of 1944, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966. In 2001, the International Labour Conference recognised the effectiveness of this combination for growth and development of modern societies and therefore, concluded that social security is an indispensable part of government policy to ensure social cohesion and social peace and prevention of poverty(ILO, 2016). These events paved way for the emergence of social protection. The position of social protection has been further promoted by some more recent regional instruments and initiatives, including the African Union's Social Policy Framework(2008), Strategy for Africa, the African Civil Society Platform for Social Protection, the African Union Vision 2063 and the Common African Position on the Post-2015 Development Agenda(CAP)(African Union, 2014). 05