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Impact of technology on human rights : global case studies

By:

Weeramantry C.G ed

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 1993 United Nations University Press TokyoDescription: 322p 24 cm ; PbkISBN:

978-9280808214

Subject(s):

Human Rights Science--Social aspects Civil rights Technological innovations

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.

Summary: Examines five case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America which examine a range of technologies and their effects on human rights. For example, the damage suffered by a traditional society as a result of firearms technology from the West is the subject of the Ethiopian case study.

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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.

Examines five case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America which examine a range of technologies and their effects on human rights. For example, the damage suffered by a traditional society as a result of firearms technology from the West is the subject of the Ethiopian case study.

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