CARICOM Agreement on Social Security

The participating governments recognizes that harmonisation of the social security legislation of the Member States of the Caribbean Community is one of the ways envisaged to promote functional cooperation and regional unity; and applies to invalidity pensions; disablement pensions; old age or retirement pensions; survivors' pensions, and death benefits in the form of pensions by affirming the principles of equality of treatment for residents of the Contracting Parties under their social security legislation, the maintenance of rights acquired or in the course of acquisition, as well as the protection and maintenance of such rights notwithstanding changes of residence among their respective territories - principles which underlie several of the Conventions of the International Labour Organisation.