Programs: Science and Policy
http://shr.aaas.org//coalition/WG/3/main.shtml
AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program
Co-Chairs
Clinton Anderson
American Psychological Association
Margaret Weigers Vitullo
American Sociological Association
Resources
Starter Kit: Helping Your Scientific Society Promote Human Rights
Official Documents
AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition
Area of Activity III: Service to the STEM Community
We are devoted to building the commitment and capacity of scientific, engineering and health associations to contribute meaningfully to human rights issues and activities, including through the application of their discipline's tools and techniques.
Current Projects
| Human Rights Starter Kit |
Evaluate, edit and redesign, and disseminate revised Starter Kit as a basis for training and outreach to scientific and engineering associations on their role in addressing human rights. |
| Webinar Series |
Develop a template webinar that can serve as a basis for encourage and facilitating the use of webinars as a tool to explore the links between STEM disciplines and human rights, and bring human rights to members of associations in STEM fields. |
| Article 15 Focus Groups and Analysis |
Build on success with Article 15 focus groups to collect a body of knowledge on the meaning of the right to benefit from scientific progress across disciplines in order to influence UN processes as well as increase knowledge and engagement of associations and their members with the Coalition. |
| Outreach |
Increase the ability of STEM professionals to identify the links between their disciplines and human rights and to see how their expertise could advance the cause of human rights. |
Past Projects
| Human Rights Starter Kit |
A tool to assist scientific, engineering and health associations address human rights. |
(page updated 03/29/2013 )
