Vol. 3 No. 005 (2022): Issue 005

غلاف العدد 5 من دورية حِكامة

Issue 5 of Hikama (2022) includes the following studies and articles: “Introduction” (Moataz El Fegiery); “The Arab Charter on Human Rights and International Standards: The Role of the Charter Committee” (Moataz El Fegiery); “Women’s Rights in the Palestinian Authority’s Human Rights Agenda” (Ayah Randall); “Palestinian Nationality and Citizenship Rights in the Arab Mashreq with a Focus on Lebanon” (Jaber Suleiman); “The Dialectic of Disclosure and Concealment: The Strained Digital Relations between Political Regimes and Activists in the M” (Sherif Abdul Rahman Seif El-Nasr); “The Right to Education and Egypt’s Prison Policies since 2013” (Saif Alislam Eid); “Policies without Sovereignty: The Electricity Sector in the Occupied Palestinian Territories” (Ibrahim Sameeh Rabaia); “EU Gas Market Transformations of 2022 and Policy Options for Low-Carbon Energy Trade Between The EU and Qatar” (Laurent A. Lambert, Ismail Abdallah, Jad Tayah, Abdalftah Ali); “Energy Justice and Social Justice: Rethinking Electricity Subsidy Policy in Sudan” (Ahmed Yousif); “Administration and State in the post Covid-19 context: Towards a new type of bond?” (Josep Pont Vidal); “The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Human Rights” (Hadeel Hunaiti); “The Mutual Relationship Between Energy Transition and Democratic Transition: Energy Transition in Tunisia” (Mohamed A. Razak Hussein); “Social Policy in Iran: Main Components and Institutions.” (Hamideh Dorzadeh).

Published: 2022-09-01

Studies

  • Policies without Sovereignty: The Electricity Sector in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

    Author: Ibrahim Sameeh Rabaia (Author)
    159-183

    This study addresses the electricity sector in the Palestinian territories under occupation since 1967 and seeks to define the determinants of the sector's system of public policymaking since...

Dossier

  • Introduction

    Author: Moataz El Fegiery (Author)
    9-12

    Since the 1980s and 1990s, many Arab countries have joined numerous international and regional agreements and treaties for the protection of human rights. Most Arab constitutions include...

  • The Arab Charter on Human Rights and International Standards: The Role of the Charter Committee

    Author: Moataz El Fegiery (Author)
    13-42

    The issuance of the Arab Charter on Human Rights was met with scepticism as to what it might contribute compared to the existing regional and international human rights regime. This study seeks...

  • Women’s Rights in the Palestinian Authority’s Human Rights Agenda

    Author: Ayah Randall (Author)
    43-67

    This paper seeks to understand the core of the Palestinian Authority's policy toward women's rights by tracing the historical background of the ever-evolving concept of rights during the eras of...

  • Palestinian Nationality and Citizenship Rights in the Arab Mashreq with a Focus on Lebanon

    Author: Jaber Suleiman (Author)
    69-94

    This study addresses Palestinian nationality and citizenship rights in the countries of the Arab Mashreq to generate an in-depth, multi-faceted understanding of this complex issue in context....

  • The Dialectic of Disclosure and Concealment: The Strained Digital Relations between Political Regimes and Activists in the M

    Author: Sherif Abdul Rahman Seif El-Nasr (Author)
    95-124

    This study aims to engage, through a descriptive approach, with the controversy surrounding the relationship of political regimes to the virtual world. This is done by examining the structure...

  • The Right to Education and Egypt’s Prison Policies since 2013

    Author: Saif Alislam Eid (Author)
    125-156

    This study investigates the right to education within Egyptian prisons following the July 2013 coup d'état and the challenges placing political detainees in confrontation with many authoritarian...

Policy Papers

  • EU Gas Market Transformations of 2022 and Policy Options for Low-Carbon Energy Trade Between The EU and Qatar

    Author: Laurent A. Lambert, Ismail Abdallah, Jad Tayah, Abdalftah Ali (Author)
    187-197

    T his policy paper takes stock of the major changes in the 2022 European gas trade and offers stakeholders in Qatar's gas industry three p olicy options to best adapt to the new situation and...

  • Energy Justice and Social Justice: Rethinking Electricity Subsidy Policy in Sudan

    Author: Ahmed Yousif (Author)
    198-211

    Ensuring an adequate power supply remains a challenge to developing countries, especially non-oil exporting countries. Sudan is located in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region where average access to...

Translated Study

  • Administration and State in the post Covid-19 context: Towards a new type of bond?

    Author: Josep Pont Vidal (Author)
    215-233

    The Covid-19 pandemic has had profound impacts on all societies. The State and the Administration have not been left out but are in an environment characterized by dynamic changes and...

Book Reviews

  • The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Human Rights

    Author: Hadeel Hunaiti (Author)
    237-246

    The book offers an assessment of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) involvement in the global human rights system, from its establishment in 1969 until the present. It applies...

  • The Mutual Relationship Between Energy Transition and Democratic Transition: Energy Transition in Tunisia

    Author: Mohamed A. Razak Hussein (Author)
    247-258

    The book primarily aims to illustrate the significance of governance in the energy sector and the ways by which to accomplish energy transition: a critical component of the cultural transition...

  • Social Policy in Iran: Main Components and Institutions.

    Author: Hamideh Dorzadeh (Author)
    259-266

    The book Social Policy in Iran: Main Components and Institutions , written by researchers and experts living in Iran, offers a detailed analysis of the main fields of social policy as well as...