Programs: Science and Policy
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AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program
Launch of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition
The AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition was launched on January 14-16, 2009 at an event held in Washington DC.
Attending the Launch were representatives of over 50 scientific organizations as well as over 100 individual scientists. Opening the Launch, on the evening of January 14th, were three distinguished speakers, including Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and former President of Ireland, and Sidney Verba, current Chair of the Committee on Human Rights of the National Academies. The following day-and-a-half were devoted to paving the way forward, and included presentations, training workshops, and planning meetings to prepare the Coalition for its role in making human rights a reality for all.
Launch materials are available below:
Media
Statisticians Seen, Heard at Human Rights Coalition
(Amstat News) April 2009
Advancing Human Rights Through Science
(Science) April 10, 2009
Spotlight: AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition
(AOTF Newsletter) April 2009
AAAS Launches New Coalition Engaging Scientists in Human Rights
(AAAS News Release) February 11, 2009
New Coalition to Champion Human Right to Science
(SciDev.net) January 27, 2009
Scientists Come Out for Human Rights
(The Nation) January 27, 2009
Making Human Rights More Scientific
(Inside Higher Education) January 19, 2009
Wissenschaft und Menschenrechte
(German Public Radio) January 16, 2009
APA Joins Human Rights Effort
(APA News) January 1, 2009
(page updated 10/01/2012)
