LEGAL ASPECTS OF RIGHT FOR A PENSION AS A HUMAN RIGHT

The aim of the thesis is to analyze pension rights institution in the context of human rights. Disregarding the pension reform of 1995 and the newly established pension system with several levels, the level of the pensioners living situation today is becoming worse rather than better. The choice of the topic is based on the fact that the existing Latvian pension system is neither efficient nor fair, the evidence of which is found in the fact that constant amendments are made to the law “On state pensions”, as well as unfair affiliation of the pensions and subsidies, unequal order for the pension granting and in the fact that the pension amount does not correspond with the living wage which contradicts with the human rights, the principle of justice and the order of the utilization of the social budget.