At the next virtual meeting of #ScienceInMotion This June 22, different references will analyze the importance of science conceived as a Human Right, and its consideration, analysis and contemplation in different accountability mechanisms, in particular, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of OHCHR.
Science is a Human Right. This is recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966). At the inter-American level, the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man (1948) and the Protocol of San Salvador on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – DESC (1988) also do so, adding to the technological progress in the declaration.
How to incorporate science as law in these reports? What dimensions should be integrated into the analysis and monitoring of States? What role do academic and scientific institutions play in this development? What information should be provided and what methodologies should be used to collect it? How to generate consensus protocols to validate and monitor information?
Mikel Mancisidor (Basque Country, Spain – Jurist and doctor in International Relations and Diplomacy, member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), together with Veronica Gomez (Argentina – Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, President of the Global Campus of Human Rights) and Judith Sutz Vaisman (Uruguay – Co-coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Space Nucleus of the University of the Republic, “Science, technology and innovation for a new development”), with the moderation of Eleonora Lamm (UNESCO), will address these topics during the virtual meeting, which will be broadcast on the CILAC Forum YouTube channel.
22 JUNE | 5 p.m. URU/ARG – 3 p.m. MEX/COL