human rights professor simon caney professor in political theory, department of politics and...
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Human rights
Professor Simon Caney
Professor in Political Theory,
Department of Politics and International Relations, and Magdalen College,
University of Oxford
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Principle 1: Human rights
Biofuels development should not be at the
expense of people’s essential rights
(including access to sufficient food and
water, health rights, work rights and land
entitlements)
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The current situation
• Target-based policies encourage rapid production of biofuels
• Reported problems include: • Local food shortages and price spikes • Displacement of indigenous populations
from their land • Poor working conditions
However • Employment opportunities• Local energy sources in ‘fuel poor’ areas
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Recent progress
• 23 March 2011 - Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels certification scheme announced:
“Biofuels shall not be at the expense of human rights, including food security”
• Renewable Energy Directive includes a commitment to monitoring human rights
• UK has developed social sustainability standards (however, RTFO-Meta Standard lacks mention of protecting food security)
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Challenges for the future
• Will voluntary schemes be enough?• Complex relationship between world food
supply and hunger• Policies to support small-scale local
production are important
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Recommendations• Biofuels policy targets should set out to
avoid incentivising human rights abuses • Monitoring systems to protect human rights
abuses• A compulsory certification scheme similar to
the one proposed by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels