Richard Pierre Claude

Science in the Service of Human Rights

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Science in the Service of Human Rights presents a framework for debate on controversial questions surrounding scientific freedom and responsibility by illuminating the many critical points of intersection between human rights and science.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 428g
• ISBN-13: 9780812221923
• ISBN-10: 0812221923
• Artikelnr.: 33874490

Autorenporträt

The late Richard Pierre Claude was Professor Emeritus of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. He coedited Human Rights in the World Community: Issues and Action, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Introit
I. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
1 Links Between Science and Human Rights
2 Science in the Universal Declaration of Human Rghts
3 Science in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights
4 State Responsibilities in the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights
II. ISSUES
5 Health and Medical Ethics
6 Information Technology and Statistics
III. POLITICS
7 Scientists as Human Rights Activists
8 NGO Activism in Science, Technology, and Health
9 Grassroots Activism in Science, Technology, and Health
10 Emerging Governance Among Transnational Organizations
Appendix A International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Appendix B Reporting Objectives of the Treaty Committee, General Comment
Number 1
Appendix C Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the Human Genome
Appendix D International Code of Medical Ethics
Appendix E Draft Declaration of Principles on Human Rights and the
Environment
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments