3GLOBAL HEALTH EQUITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Energy Rule. Under the Clean Power Plan, the federal government handed over the states a
target of decreasing the emission of green house gases and encouraged the closure of the
cola-fired power plants. The new rule enables the states to set their own targets and
encourage the existing coal power plants to increase their efficiency in the domain of “best
system of emission reduction”. This will enable the coal-fired power plants to run longer if
they care successful in increasing their efficiency with on responsibility over their shoulders
to address pollutants emitted to the environment other than carbon dioxide. The end results
will be to a negative impact on the health of human begins (United Nations Environment,
2019).
Strategy for a rights-based approach
Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) is focused over the systematic and conscious
enhancement of the human rights under all aspects of the program and the project
development followed by implementation of the project. It is defined as a conceptual
framework for human development. This framework is normatively dependent on the
international human rights standards. This standard is directed operationally towards
promoting the protecting the human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(USHR – 1948) and other associated international human rights instruments are the pillars for
the development of the conceptual framework for HRBA (UNICEF, 2015). HRBA is guided
by three objectives:
1. Empowerment: To empower the people (the right holders) so that they can claim and
exercise their rights (UNICEF, 2015)
2. Accountability: To strengthen the capacity of the actors (the bearers of the duty) who have
any specific obligation or responsibility for respecting, protecting and fulfilling the rights of

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