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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weeramantry, C. G.

United Nations University.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Social aspects.

Science.

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Civil rights.

Human rights.

Privacy, Right of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 222 p. )

Place of Publication:

Tokyo : United Nations University Press, c1990.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

The problems, the project, and the prognosis / C.G. Weeramantry

Science, technology, and human rights / Amilcar O. Herrera

Technological self-reliance and cultural freedom / Saneh Chamarik

Human rights and scientific and technological progress / Tom J. Farer

Impacts of scientific and technological progress on human rights / Hiroko Yamane

The institutional response / Yo Kubota

Human rights and the structure of the scientific enterprise / Shigeru Nakayama

Human rights, technology, and development / C.G. Weeramantry

Human rights and environmental issues / Vid Vukasovic

Conclusions and recommendations / C.G. Weeramantry.

Notes:

"HRSTD-1/UNUP-731"--Verso t.p.

"United Nations Sales No. E.90.III.A.3"--Verso t.p.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-585-09721-6