The Journal of Human Rights

The Journal of Human Rights

Human rights requirements in the field of fair access to energy

Document Type : Research Article

Authors
1 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
2 PhD in Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
 Energy projects are big economic ones that have winners and losers. The challenges of energy for those who are subject to negative energy aspects such as pollution, forced migration, paying high energy tariffs threaten a wide range of human rights. At the international level, because of the late identification of energy relationship with sustainable development and climate change in order to reduce poverty, inequality and environmental protection, energy policies are renewing and transition to low carbon energies. the energy justice movement recently emphasized the necessity of achieving a global energy system without discrimination, reliable, low cost and suitable for current and future generations, and to reduce the effects of energy systems at local, regional and global levels, in an effort to reform the old energy systems and establish new systems of justice and move from theory to practice. This research shows that according to the concepts of human rights which they emphasize on principles like non-discrimination, equality and empowerment, how is the existence of a clear and human rights oriented approach for equitable access to energy, frameworks to address, promote and expand the individual and social spheres of human rights for current and future generations.
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