1/ Today the @coe.int Euro Committee of #SocialRights publishes a groundbreaking decision on the #socialrights impacts of #poweroutages in the Madrid #CañadaReal informal settlement.The ruling is notable for its in-depth focus on the relationship between #energy and #humanrights - an area that has.. - ThreadSky

aoifenolan.bsky.social • 4 days ago

1/ Today the @coe.int Euro Committee of #SocialRights publishes a groundbreaking decision on the #socialrights impacts of #poweroutages in the Madrid #CañadaReal informal settlement.The ruling is notable for its in-depth focus on the relationship between #energy and #humanrights - an area that has..

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aoifenolan.bsky.social•4 days ago

2/ ... received insufficient attention in #internationalhumanrightslaw.

The decision makes clear for the first time that "#stable, #consistent and #safe #access to #adequateenergy is both a #prerequisite for and a key #element of the enjoyment of #EuropeanSocialCharter rights such as...

aoifenolan.bsky.social•4 days ago

3/ ... the right to #housing, the right to protection of #health, the right to #education, the right of the #family to social, legal and economic protection, the rights of #olderpersons, #personswithdisabilities, and the rights of #children and #youngpeople to social, legal and economic protection."

aoifenolan.bsky.social•4 days ago

4/ And the ruling makes clear what is meant by #adequateenergy: "To be “adequate” for the purposes of Charter rights, energy must satisfy a number of conditions, including #affordability, #cleanness and #sustainability."

aoifenolan.bsky.social•4 days ago

5/ The decision also expressly engages with the question of #energypoverty and #socialrights, which raises serious concerns from the perspective of the right to protection from #poverty and #socialexclusion (a right unique to the Charter in #IHRL terms).

aoifenolan.bsky.social•4 days ago

6/ For more on the decision, see

https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-social-charter/-/publication-of-the-decision-on-the-merits-in-dci-feantsa-medel-ccoo-et-atd-fourth-world-v.-spain-complaint-no.-206/2022

aoifenolan.bsky.social•4 days ago

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