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After having situated Fiji, 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.

Apart from the general comparative sources, Country Profiles (2020) and World Factbook (2020), we consulted the following source for Fiji: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2016-2017/asia/fiji.html.

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  1. 1.

    iTaukei are the ethnic group native to Fiji. The iTaukei are predominantly of Melanesian extraction, with some Polynesian influence.

  2. 2.

    The Fiji National Provident Fund Act, cap. 219 Laws of Fiji.

  3. 3.

    The Public Health Act, cap. 111 and the Public Hospitals and Dispensaries Act, cap. 110 Laws of Fiji.

  4. 4.

    Cfr. the Pensions (1979) Act, the Pensions and Retirement Allowances Act 2010.

  5. 5.

    https://myfnpf.com.fj;Seealso: http://www.parliament.gov.fj/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Fiji-National-Provident-Fund-2019-Annual-Report.pdf.

  6. 6.

    Naidu et al. (2016), p. 22.

  7. 7.

    Naidu et al. (2016), pp. 22–24.

  8. 8.

    See: http://www.health.gov.fj/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Fiji-Specialised-Clinical-Services-Visiting-Team-Manual-20131.pdf.

  9. 9.

    Annual report of the Ministry of Women, Children & Poverty Alleviation, 2016–2017, pp. 26–28. Accessed on: http://www.mwcpa.gov.fj/images/stories/Files/2018/MOWCPA_AR2016-2017_final%20approved_web.pdf.

  10. 10.

    Child-sensitive social protection in Fiji. Assessment of the Care and Protection Allowance, UNICEF, Pacific & Fiji Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, 2015. Accessed on: https://www.unicef.org/Child-Sensitive_Social_Protection_in_Fiji.pdf, p. 8.

  11. 11.

    Naidu et al. (2016), p. 15.

  12. 12.

    See: http://www.health.gov.fj/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Fiji-Specialised-Clinical-Services-Visiting-Team-Manual-20131.pdf, section 3.

  13. 13.

    The notion ‘Fijian’ covers according to section 5 of the Constitution all citizens of Fiji. This was contested as the iTaukei considered themselves as indigenous people, the only ones entitled to be called ‘Fijians’.

  14. 14.

    Narayan (2011), section 4.6.

  15. 15.

    See: https://fijivillage.com/news/22826-families-being-assisted-under-Poverty-Benefit-Scheme-r529ks/.

  16. 16.

    Narayan (2011), section 6.

  17. 17.

    See: https://myfnpf.com.fj/.

  18. 18.

    Naidu et al. (2016), p. 19.

  19. 19.

    See: http://www.parliament.gov.fj/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Fiji-National-Provident-Fund-2019-Annual-Report.pdf, p. 2.

  20. 20.

    See: https://www.myfnpf.com.fj/.

  21. 21.

    See: http://www.mwcpa.gov.fj.

  22. 22.

    See: http://www.health.gov.fj/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Fiji-Specialised-Clinical-Services-Visiting-Team-Manual-20131.pdf, section 3.

  23. 23.

    Naidu et al. (2016), sections 5 and 6.4.

  24. 24.

    See: https://myfnpf.com.fj/index.php/about-fnpf/become-a-whistleblower.

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Pieters, D. (2021). Fiji. 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_8

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