International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies Proceedings - Symposium and Seventh Biennial Meeting, London, May 18-20, 2005 (2006) / Chapter Skim
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But we also agreed that the interpretation of the function of the International Human Rights Network, as far as Africa is concerned, is too narrow, because human rights abuses on our continent are not identical to those elsewhere. We feel that to limit abuses of human rights to those that involve scholars and academics is too narrow, and the human rights abuses addressed by the Network should be expanded.
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The third thing we have done is to set up the Special Commission on Africa within the African Academy of Sciences. The Special Commission deals with each and every issue in Africa, including human rights abuses.
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These problems -- female genital mutilation, corruption, and civil strife -- are the ones I would like a network like this to be aware of and to develop an agenda for. Approaches need to be made to develop arguments around them that emphasize correction of these human rights abuses.
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One can say thank you, disappear, and then try to invest that money so that the academy remains independent. In Africa, dealing with human rights abuses is a very difficult issue because of the political atmosphere.
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First, we discussed Latsami Khamphoui from Laos (a former political prisoner)
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The Network should also work with other human rights organizations to plead the case of scientists. In this connection, our colleague from Taiwan mentioned that he was asked to find out how many scientists were killed in the Tiananmen Square incident.
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It is only when local scientists fail to deliver the goods that the international agencies bring in their own experts. We highlight the point that the only commonwealth of mankind is knowledge, and this knowledge is not being shared properly, especially after the 9/11 events.
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Torsten Wiesel The Network was not created to worry about stem cells or scientific issues of this nature. That is more the purview of the Inter-Academy Panel, which was created after this Network because of the need to address this kind of question.
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This commission conducts public hearings about instances of past human right abuses. During its hearings, victims of human rights abuses give accounts in public and on live television of the physical and mental torture and other degrading treatment to which they were subjected.
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Are we about to witness a controlled process of genetic manipulation and selection as more and more men and women with special beauty, intelligence, skills, and other attributes are advertising the sale of their genetic features? I think the Network should react against any measures of science, especially in the field of genetic engineering, so that the ethical foundation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is preserved.
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Question One question is, Should there be a code of conduct of scientists who call themselves responsible research scientists, or should there be a code of conduct for responsible research scientists? Some of the professional organizations have what they call a code of conduct or a code of ethics, and for some of them you have to take an oath that you will never do ABCD.
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Wiesel That is, of course, a personal viewpoint. In the United States, as you know, there is now a strong movement called intelligent design, which some of us look upon as a scam, in which it is not clear who the designer is.
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Marino Protti The actions that can be taken by regional networks or regional academies, as well as a lot of the work that the Network is doing on some particular issues, may not be effective in some areas. They might, however, be effective regionally, in countries with a similar history and similar religions.
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[Torsten Wiesel ended the session by announcing that a reception for Network participants and guests was immediately to follow at the British Academy and would be hosted by the British Academy's President, Nicolas Mann, and attended by the President of the Royal Society, Lord May, and other officers.]
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