Among the catalogue of social rights, the right to social security, which has a very strong axiological foundation, stands out as particularly significant. Its relation to the dignity of the human being is clearly enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and reiterated in various international human rights treaties. One such treaty is the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which regulates the right to social security in Article 9. Although the content of this provision is broad and general, and international standards for its implementation and protection can be found in other international agreements, it is an important international source of the right to social security. The purpose of the article is to present the broader context of the right to social security in the framework of the Covenant, and to extract from this context and from the content of Article 9 the elements that could define international standards for its implementation and protection. The analysis and evaluation will focus not only on Article 9, but also on the most representative General Comments of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.