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.

Contributor(s): Weeramantry, C. G | United Nations University
Publisher: Tokyo, Japan : United Nations University Press, c1993Description: 322 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 9280808214 (pbk.)Uniform titles: Human rights and scientific and technological development. Subject(s): Science -- Social aspects | Technology -- Social aspects | Civil rights -- Case studies | Human rights -- Case studiesDDC classification: 323.09 LOC classification: Q175.5 | .I557 1993
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.
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"HRSTD-2/UNUP-821"--T.p. verso.

"United Nations sales no. E92.III.A.7."--T.p. verso.

Sequel to: Human rights and scientific and technological development. 1990.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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