Access to Universal Modern Energy Services as a Basic Human Right: A Critical Analysis

This chapter provides an overview of the societal problems and the poverty trap created in developing countries where universal access to energy services does not exist. It relates the efforts made in recent years by the United Nations and other international institutions in seeking to promote universal energy access. The chapter then focuses on the following range of legal options open to the international community to address the issue:• Does a human right of access to energy services exist?• If not, what other international law strategies exist to provide for universal access to energy services?• In the absence of suitable international law instruments, what role can national law play in promoting and/or guaranteeing universal access to energy services?• Is there a role for the judiciary to play in this context?What are the most likely future legal developments in this field?

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Critical Analysis of Some Well-Intended Proposals to Fight Unemployment

Analyse & Kritik ◽

10.1515/auk-2009-0102 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gebhard Kirchgässner

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Critical Analysis ◽

Working Time ◽

Human Right ◽

Right To Work ◽

Radical Form

AbstractIn this paper it is asked whether it is meaningful to state a ‘right to work’ as a basic human right to be written down in the constitution, for example, whether working time should generally be reduced, and whether those who do not have (or find) a job should get a guaranteed minimal income. All three demands have to be rejected, at least in the radical form in which they are often stated. They cannot be realised at all or at least not without impairing other basic human rights. Finally, it is asked what can be retained from these (usually well-intended) demands.

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Immigration Policy – Reporting from the Field

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis ◽

10.32727/26.2021.20 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Aileen Josephs ◽

Keyword(s):

Immigration Policy ◽

Critical Analysis ◽

Immigration Policies ◽

Years Of Experience ◽

Human History ◽

Human Right ◽

Freedom Of Movement ◽

Nation States

Migration is central to human history, yet how we deal with the sojourners among us says much about the soul of a nation. Freedom of movement is an inherent basic human right, yet the protection of a nation’s borders and the decision of who and when and in what conditions people are admitted is also a right that belongs to nation states. It is in this tension that good immigration policy should be found, yet our Congress and many administrations have failed to enact such a policy for over two decades. Aileen Joseph writes with authority and insight based on her 25 years of experience working as an immigration attorney in West Palm Beach, Florida. In her critical analysis of the current immigration policy in America, she shares the stories of those she has represented and suggests ways to revamp the immigration policies hindering our country from advancing and becoming united.

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Freedom of Expression and Speech: An Exploration of Waḥīduddīn Khān’s Views and Approach

Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization ◽

10.32350/jitc.102.09 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Dr. Riaz Ahmad Saeed ◽

Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Naeem

Keyword(s):

Critical Analysis ◽

Freedom Of Expression ◽

Freedom Of Speech ◽

Western World ◽

Human Right ◽

Men And Women ◽

Women Rulers ◽

Qualitative Research Methodology ◽

The Subject ◽

Vantage Points

In Islam, freedom of expression has a significant value and it is considered a basic human right and obligatory duty of Muslim believers. Therefore, Islam commands all Muslim men and women, rulers and public, inferior and superior to establish and maintain it properly keeping in view certain parameters and boundaries within which it must be practiced. With the rise of the new waves of freedom of expression in the western world, a number of Muslim scholars have attempted to reinterpret these parameters in order to offer a better understanding of the said issue. Employing qualitative research methodology, we analyzed the views of Mawlānā Waḥīduddīn Khān published in his books, papers, interviews and blogs. Providing a critical analysis of the writings of a well-known Islamic scholar, this paper is an attempt to understand his approach towards the subject matter at hand. This study concludes that he evaluated critically the concepts of traditional Islamic scholars and their vantage points towards liberty and freedom of expression and he is more or less near to the western approach towards freedom of expression. One may examine that there are some remarks of Khān contradictory to that of his other views concerning liberty. This study also recommends that we need a deep analysis of his views to understand his opinions regarding freedom of speech and thought.

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