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Social Security Law in Small Jurisdictions

Part of the book series: The World of Small States ((WSS,volume 8))

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After having situated Curaçao, 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 Prof. Dr. Flora Goudappel, dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Curaçao and Mr. Philip Martis, director of SVB for reviewing the report on Curaçao.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    For general data and figures, see: Country Profiles (2020) and World Factbook (2020).

  2. 2.

    Oostindie and Klinkers (2001), pp. 175 & 223–224.

  3. 3.

    Art. 28 Staatsregeling Curaçao. Accessed on: https://gobiernu.cw/nl/regering/.

  4. 4.

    Art. 40 and 41 Staatsregeling Curaçao. Accessed on: http://www.parlamento.cw/nederlands/zittingsperiode_3125/.

  5. 5.

    See: https://antilliaansdagblad.com/nieuws-menu/19809-solidaridat-sindikal-roept-bonden-op.

  6. 6.

    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.

  7. 7.

    See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles [and the references made therein].

  8. 8.

    See: https://www.royal-house.nl/topics/legislation/charter-for-the-kingdom-of-the-netherlands.

  9. 9.

    See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Cura%C3%A7ao [and the references made therein].

  10. 10.

    Art. 23, 1) Staatsregeling Curaçao.

  11. 11.

    Art. 23, 2) Staatsregeling Curaçao.

  12. 12.

    Art. 23, 3) Staatsregeling Curaçao.

  13. 13.

    Art. 25, 2) Staatsregeling Curaçao.

  14. 14.

    See: https://svbcur.org/wetten/aov/.

  15. 15.

    See: https://svbcur.org/wetten/aww/.

  16. 16.

    See: https://svbcur.org/wetten/avbz/; this law is commonly known as ‘Lei di Labizjan’.

  17. 17.

    See: https://svbcur.org/wetten/zv/.

  18. 18.

    See: https://svbcur.org/wetten/ov/.

  19. 19.

    See: https://svbcur.org/wetten/cessantia/.

  20. 20.

    See: https://decentrale.regelgeving.overheid.nl/cvdr/xhtmloutput/Historie/Nederlandse/Antillen/36310/363101.html.

  21. 21.

    See: https://gobiernu.cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/P.B_2013__no._3.pdf.

  22. 22.

    See: https://svbcur.org/wp-content/uploads/Voorlichting-aanvullende-voorzieningen-ambt-BVZ.pdf.

  23. 23.

    See: http://svbcur.org/wetten/aov/.

  24. 24.

    Art. 8 Landsverordening Basisverzekering ziektekosten.

  25. 25.

    Art. 38 Landsverordening Algemene Ouderdomsverzekering; art. 39 Landsverordening Algemene Weduwen en Wezenverzekering; art. 10 Landsverordening Ongevallenverzekering; art. 36 Landsverordening Algemene Verzekering Bijzondere Ziektekosten; art. 10 Landsverordening Ziekteverzekering; art. 9 Landsverordening Cessantia.

  26. 26.

    See: http://gemhofvanjustitie.org/; See also: Rijkswet cassatierechtspraak voor Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten en voor Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba.

  27. 27.

    See: https://www.transparency.org/news/pressrelease/transparency_internationals_Curacao_study_highlights_weaknesses_in_the_publ.

  28. 28.

    See: https://www.cbs.cw/website/press-releases-2018_3499/item/results-labour-force-survey-2018_2584.html.

  29. 29.

    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.

  30. 30.

    See: https://www.uwv.nl/particulieren/overige-onderwerpen/internationaal/overzicht-verdragslanden/detail/met-welke-landen-heeft-nederland-een-verdrag.

  31. 31.

    See: https://www.uwv.nl/particulieren/overige-onderwerpen/internationaal/handhavingsverdrag-naar-welke-landen-kan-uitkering-mee/detail/overzicht-landen-waar-u-uw-uitkering-mee-naartoe-kunt-nemen.

  32. 32.

    See: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cc.html.

  33. 33.

    See: http://www.nostisia.com/Curacao/23-lokal/7766-the-elephant-in-the-room-corruption-in-Curcao-economic-growth-good-governance-corruption-remuneration.html.

  34. 34.

    See also: https://www.medischcontact.nl/nieuws/laatste-nieuws/artikel/chirurgen-op-Curcao-vervalsten-dossiers.htm.

  35. 35.

    See: https://www.transparency.org/news/pressrelease/transparency_internationals_Curacao_study_highlights_weaknesses_in_the_publ.

  36. 36.

    See: https://web.archive.org/web/20190526101936/http://www.dutchcaribbeanlegalportal.com/news/latest-news/9138-om-seponeert-zaak-tegen-steven-martina.

  37. 37.

    See: https://antilliaansdagblad.com/nieuws-menu/20862-minister-alcala-walle-dient-ontslag-in-bij-gouverneur.

  38. 38.

    See: https://www.ad.nl/politiek/veroordeling-oud-premier-Curacao-gerrit-schotte-definitief~a915ce16/?referrer=https://www.google.com/.

  39. 39.

    See: https://www.transparency.org/news/pressrelease/transparency_internationals_Curacao_study_highlights_weaknesses_in_the_publ.

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Pieters, D. (2021). Curaçao. 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_5

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