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La science, un droit de l’Homme ?

In diesem Akademiereferat stellt Samantha Besson ihre neuesten Arbeiten zur Theorie der Menschenrechte vor, insbesondere zum Recht jeder und jedes Einzelnen, an der Wissenschaft teilzuhaben und von ihren Anwendungen zu profitieren. Sie hinterfragt das sogenannte Menschenrecht auf Wissenschaft und stellt vier Fragen: Ist ein solches Recht im Völkerrecht vorhanden? Wird es in der Praxis eingehalten? Kann es ein Recht auf Wissenschaft geben? Und ist Letzteres als Menschenrecht zu betrachten? Damit leistet die Autorin einen Beitrag zu den Bemühungen, den Inhalt und die Identität der Inhaber und Schuldner dieses Rechtes konzeptuell und normativ zu klären. Diese Anstrengungen stellen notwendige Schritte für die Wiederbelebung dieses Rechtes in der zeitgenössischen Praxis des internationalen Menschenrechtsschutzes dar.

 

Besson, Samantha (2024) : La science, un droit de l’Homme ?, éd. par l’ASSH (Conférence de l’Académie XXX / Swiss Academies Communications 19,2).

 

DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10658435

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