the concept of a social protection floor has been in use in recent years to mean a set of basic social rights services and facilities that global citizens should enjoy the report of the world commission on the social dimension of globalization states a minimum level of social protection for individuals and families needs to be accepted and undisputed as part of the socioeconomic floor of the global economy a social protection floor could consist of two main elements services access to water and sanitation health and education and social transfers in cash or in kind that help to realize respective human rights ilo