Aspects of participation in the Science and Human Rights Coalition of the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science): Working groups and internal outreach.

2010 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 1981-1981
Author(s):  
Clinton W. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
American Association ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Science Working

scholarly journals Freedom and Engineering for All

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (09) ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
Jessica M. Wyndham
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
American Association ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Professional Societies ◽  
Academic Instruction ◽  
Scientists And Engineers ◽  
The Right ◽  
Engineering Enterprise

This article discusses benefits and challenges in engaging engineers in connecting engineering and human rights. Engineers have a vital role to play in giving visibility to human rights, particularly in matters relevant to their field or discipline. Academic instruction in ethics is increasingly viewed as integral to a rigorous educational program in science or engineering. The Science and Human Rights Coalition of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is one network of professional societies that recognize a role for scientists and engineers in human rights. An important way in which engineers can protect and promote human rights is by ensuring that the products they develop benefit people in need. Engineers have human rights that need to be respected in order for the engineering enterprise to flourish and the benefits of engineering to be broadly enjoyed. Engineers have opportunities to contribute to human rights compliance when designing and implementing projects, and to contribute to the realization of the right to benefit from scientific progress and its applications.

scholarly journals Responding to Human Rights Violations in Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-42
Author(s):  
Manisuli Ssenyonjo
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
African Charter ◽  
Interim Measures ◽  
Advisory Opinions ◽  
Rights Issues ◽  
African Commission

This article examines the main achievements and challenges of Africa’s two regional bodies established to ensure the implementation of human rights in Africa. It makes an assessment of the role of Africa’s oldest regional human rights body, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) in the last 31 years of its operation (from 1987–March 2018). It also considers the judicial role of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Court) in the last 12 years of its operation (from 2006–March 2018). The increasing contribution of both the Commission and the Court to the protection of human rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights is rarely subjected to scrutiny in mainstream human rights literature. The article is limited to the consideration of the Commission’s contribution with respect to: (i) decisions on admissibility of communications concerning mainly exhaustion of domestic remedies; (ii) decisions on merits of communications; (iii) adoption of resolutions, principles/guidelines, general comments, model laws and advisory opinions; (iv) special rapporteurs and working groups to deal with thematic human rights issues; (v) consideration of State reports and conducting on-site visits; and (vi) referral of communications to the African Court involving unimplemented interim measures, serious or massive human rights violations, or the Commission’s findings on admissibility and merits.

Many Happy Returns? The 50th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights

1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koen Davidse
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
World Conference ◽  
Special Session ◽  
Dominant Focus ◽  
The World ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Focus Point

This year the Commission on Human Rights held its 50th session in Geneva. It was not a very special session, partly maybe due to the aftereffects of the World Conference on Human Rights. The established norms were not an issue this year. On supervision and monitoring, the system of working groups and experts reporting on countries and themes is well in place. It proved possible once again to adopt many resolutions on the basis of their reports. Important new mandates on the rights of women and impartiality of the judiciary were added. The Commission also remains a dominant focus point of attention for human rights problems. Problems remain, however, as far as supporting the human rights mechanisms is concerned, cooperation by some governments and follow-up on recommendations. Work from all sides is needed to foster the achievements of norms, supervision and monitoring, publicity and possible future achievements.

scholarly journals Remarks by Jonathan Drake

2018 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 128-131
Author(s):  
Jonathan Drake
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
American Association ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Geospatial Technologies ◽  
Amnesty International

Since 2005, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has been exploring the use of Geospatial Technologies in a Human Rights Context. These efforts began under the auspices of the Science and Human Rights Program, and focused primarily on establishing whether and to what extent satellite imagery could be used to document human rights violations resulting from armed conflict. In partnership with Amnesty International, the project's first applications of this technology involved using visible and near-infrared satellite imagery to investigate reports of villages being burned in Darfur, Sudan. These efforts established the usefulness of satellite imagery as a tool that allowed investigators access areas that would otherwise be completely off-limits due to governmental restrictions, security considerations, remoteness, or some combination of all three. They likewise established a model of collaboration that has proven itself time and again in the application of these new tools to human rights responses.

scholarly journals APASL and AASLD Consensus Guidelines on Imaging Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Review

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cher Heng Tan ◽  
Su-Chong Albert Low ◽  
Choon Hua Thng
Keyword(s):  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Liver Diseases ◽  
American Association ◽  
Radiological Diagnosis ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Consensus Guidelines ◽  
Imaging Diagnosis ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Asian Pacific

Consensus guidelines for radiological diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been drafted by several large international working groups. This article reviews the similarities and differences between the most recent guidelines proposed by the American Association for Study of Liver Diseases and the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver. Current evidence for the various imaging modalities for diagnosis of HCC and their relevance to the consensus guidelines are reviewed.

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