Abstract
After having situated Aruba, the legal framework of the right to social security is examined. The relevant constitutional provisions are mentioned, after which an overview of the social security legislation and structure is provided. Attention is also paid to the enforcement of constitutional and statutory rights. In a next part of the chapter, general data on the population and its composition are followed by a description of the personal scope of the social insurance and social assistance schemes. The administration of social security is dealt with as well as the topic of the coordination of the national social security schemes with foreign social security provisions.
With special thanks to Ass. Prof. Mr. Dr. Carlos Bollen of the Law Faculty of the University of Aruba for reviewing the report on Aruba; our thanks also go to Mrs. Mr. Glenda Gil and Mrs. Mr. Marisol Tromp for their precious information.
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Oostindie and Klinkers (2001), pp. 175 and 223–224.
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The Statute of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is the constitutional act of 28 October 1954 establishing the Kingdom of the Netherlands as a union of the Netherlands and Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten.
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See: https://ser.aw.
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The Netherlands secured a provision in the Treaty of Lisbon that says that any Caribbean part of the Netherlands can opt for a change of status to Outermost Region (OMR) if it so wishes, without having to change the Treaties of the European Union.
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See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles [and the references made therein].
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Art. V.23 Staatsregeling.
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Art. V.24 Staatsregeling.
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AB 1990 no. GT 33.
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AB 1996 no. GT 30.
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AB 1992 no. 18.
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AB 1993 no. GT 24.
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AB 1996 no. GT 26.
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AB 1998 no. GT 18.
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AB 2010 no.99.
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Landsverordening maatschappelijke zorg of 1989 (AB 1989 no. GT27) and Landsbesluit of 1988 (AB 1988 no. GT 88).
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AB 1995 no. GT1.
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Landsverordening algemeen pensioen, AB 2011 no. 85.
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See inter alia: the Landsverordening Materieel Ambtenarenrecht, AB 1989 no. GT 37, as amended.
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See: www.apfaruba.org.
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Art. 37 Landsverordening AOV; Art. 38 Landsverordening AWW; Art. 10 Landsverordening Ongevallenverzekering; art. 10 Landsverordening Ziekteverzekering; Art. 9 Cessantiaverordening.
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Art 10 §1 Landsverordening Ongevallenverzekering; art. 10§ 1 Landsverordening Ziekteverzekering; art.9 §1 Cessantiaverordening.
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Data provided by Mrs. Mr. Marisol Tromp. Exceptionally in 2016, 134 cases were heard, but this exceptionally high figure was due to 113 Cessantia appeals that year.
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AB 1993 no. 45, as amended.
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See: http://gemhofvanjustitie.org/; See also: Rijkswet cassatierechtspraak voor Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten en voor Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba.
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Sociale Verzekeringsbank Aruba, Sociale zekerheid voor iedereen. Jaarverslag 2018, p.12. Accessed on: https://www.svbaruba.org/wp-content/uploads/jr/2018/SVb%20jaarverslag%202018.pdf.
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Landsverordening instelling ministeries 2018, AB 2013 no. 94, as amended by AB 2018 no. 22.
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See, for example, the following treaty between the Netherlands and Belgium (art. 4) https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBV0005135/2015-10-01 or a similar treaty between the Netherlands and Suriname (art. 15): https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBV0001496/2002-11-01.
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Art. 13 §3Landsverordening AOV; Art. 16 § 3 Landsverordening AWW.
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Sociale Verzekeringsbank Aruba, Sociale zekerheid voor iedereen. Jaarverslag 2018, p.13. Accessed on https://www.svbaruba.org/wp-content/uploads/jr/2018/SVb%20jaarverslag%202018.pdf).
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Art.5 §7 b & c Landsverordening OV.
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Art. 7 §1, g.
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Art. 24 Landsverordening Algemeen Pensioen, AB 2011 no. 85.
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Pieters, D. (2021). Aruba. In: Social Security Law in Small Jurisdictions. The World of Small States, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78247-4_3
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