Human rights and scientific and technological development

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Human rights and scientific and technological development

Studies on the affirmative use of science and technology for the furtherance of human rights, commissioned as a special project by the United Nations
University, following a reference to the University by the United Nations
Human Rights Commission

Edited by C.G. Weeramantry

UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY PRESS

© The United Nations University, 1990

The views expressed in this publication arc those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the United Nations University.

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Contents

Note to the reader from the UNU

Foreword

Introduction: United Nations approaches to human rights and scientific and technological developments

Notes

Part 1 - Scope and objectives

The problems, the project, and the prognosis

Part 2 - Global perspectives

2. Science, technology, and human rights: a prospective view

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3. Technological self-reliance and cultural freedom

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4. Human rights and scientific and technological progress: a western perspective

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Part 3 - International response

5. Impacts of scientific and technological progress on human rights: normative response of the international community

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6. The institutional responses

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Part 4 - Some specific Issues

7. Human rights and the structure of the scientific enterprise

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8. Human rights, technology, and development

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9. Human rights and environmental issues

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Part 5

10. Conclusions and recommendations

Appendices

Appendix 1. resolution 1986/9 of the commission on human rights
Appendix 2. Declaration on the use of scientific and technological progress in the interests of peace and for the benefit of mankind

Contributors