Mainstreaming Science and Human Rights in UNESCO

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Authors
Publication date 2022
Host editors
  • H. Porsdam
  • S. Porsdam Mann
Book title The Right to Science
Book subtitle Then and Now
ISBN
  • 9781108478250
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781108776301
Pages (from-to) 124-139
Publisher Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Organisations
  • Interfacultary Research
  • Faculty of Law (FdR) - Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL)
Abstract This chapter discusses how UNESCO has worked on human rights in relation to science, and on science in relation to human rights with emphasis on standard-setting. It attempts to foreground the core approaches underpinning these efforts; to highlight the evolution in the Organization’s thinking; and to show to what extent these are aligned with and promote the advancement of the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress as included in human rights instruments, in particular the dimensions of scientific freedom, protection against harm, benefit sharing, and international cooperation.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108776301.009
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