Description
Access to energy is vital for well-being, thus having states acknowledge this in policy and legal frameworks is one of the more efficient ways to address energy poverty. There are now multiple international policy targets that attempt to push governments to address energy poverty, and a growing movement of academics and practitioners working together to strengthen recognition of the right to energy as a human right. Some national frameworks are starting to place the first stepping stones for the protection of this fundamental right, however many others only touch on energy as a matter of national resources, and are far from presenting energy as a human right. Given global trends for market liberalisation, it is becoming increasingly necessary to grant greater legal protection to this right. We believe that Constitutions, as the fundamental norm, provide the necessary framework for guaranteeing the effective protection of the right to energy. In this talk, we explore legal frameworks in Latin America and the Caribbean, and we systematise historical-legal, theoretical-legal, exegetical-analytical and document analysis associated with the recognition of the right to energy across Latin America and the Caribbean, with a particular view to the future applicability of a right to energy in Cuba - a country that as yet does not expressly recognise the right to energy in its Constitution. As a result, this research presents a systematisation of good practices associated with the recognition of the right to energy as a constitutional right in the region, which has wider relevance for other regions worldwide.| Periode | 20 jun 2022 → 23 jun 2022 |
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| Evenementstitel | Energy and Climate Transformations: 3rd International Conference on Energy Research & Social Science Conference |
| Evenementstype | Conference |
| Locatie | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Mate van erkenning | International |