THE HUMAN RIGHT TO ENERGY IN THE BRAZILIAN CONTEXT

Autores

  • Max HOLLAND Universidade Federal de Uberlândia.
  • Juan ORDÓÑEZ Universidade Federal de Uberlândia -Brazil.

Resumo

ABSTRACT

This paper[1] will explore the basic legal framework for understanding the right to energy, as it applies to the Brazilian context. It will first outline basic international frameworks that justify the legal consideration of energy as a human right and as an environmental development obligation. After that, this paper will detail how other countries understand this obligation through statute and case law. Then, this paper will posit basic questions that are critical to framing the dialogue about the right to energy.  Within that framework, this paper will discuss the right to energy in the Brazilian context and the legal application of such a right. The conclusion of this paper will investigate domestic, regional, and international support structures that can assist Brazil in its development and implementation of the right to energy.

 

KEYWORDS: Human rights; energy; Brazil.

RESUMEN

Este artículo explorara parte del marco legal existente para entender el derecho a la energía, aplicado al contexto brasileño. Primeramente delineara los marcos internacionales básicos que justifican la consideración legal de la energía como un derecho humano y como una obligación de desarrollo ambiental. Seguidamente, este artículo detallara, cómo otros países entienden esta obligación a través de las leyes y jurisprudencia. Por tanto, este trabajo planteara preguntas básicas, que son criticas al encuadrar el dialogo sobre el derecho a la energía en el contexto Brasileño y la aplicación legal de tal derecho. La conclusión de este artículo investigara estructuras de apoyo domésticas, regionales e internacionales que pueden ayudar a Brasil en el desarrollo e implementación del derecho a la energía.

 

PALABRAS-CLAVE: Derechos humanos; energía; Brasil.

 


[1] The authors would like to thank Cherokee Lynn for providing editorial assistance in reviewing the many drafts.

Biografia do Autor

  • Max HOLLAND, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia.

    Bachelor of International Affairs from George Washington University. Juris Doctor from Georgia State University. Former exchange student at Fundação Getulio Vargas. Fulbright Scholar at the C. Currently working as foreign legal consultant in Uberlândia.

  • Juan ORDÓÑEZ, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia -Brazil.

    Bachelor of Law from the Universidad Centroamericana, Managua-Nicaragua. Currently studying for a Master Degree in Public Law through the OAS Program at the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia -Brazil.

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Edição

v. 4 n. 41 (2015)

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