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The impact of technology on human rights : global case-studies : 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. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Social aspects.
- Science.
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Civil rights.
- Human rights.
- Civil rights--Case studies.
- Human rights--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (322 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Tokyo, Japan : United Nations University Press, c1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Technological impacts on human rights: models of development, science and technology, and human rights / Jan Berting
- Democracy, human rights, and the impact of scientific and technological development in Venezuela / Edgardo Lander
- Technology and human rights: critical implications for Thailand / Vitit Muntarbhorn
- Human rights and technological development: Eastern Europe and Poland / Pawel Bozyk
- The impact of modern science and technology on human rights in Ethiopia / Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, assisted by Yoseph Gebre Egziabher and Sue Edwards
- Western European case-study: the impact of advanced methods of medical treatment on human rights / Aart Hendriks and Manfred Nowak
- Conclusions / C.G. Weeramantry.
- Notes:
- Sequel to: Human rights and scientific and technological development. 1990.
- "HRSTD-2/UNUP-821"--T.p. verso.
- "United Nations Sales No. E92.III.A.7"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-09722-4
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