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The '''right to science and culture''' is an [[economic, social and cultural right|economic, social, and cultural human right]] claimed in the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] and related documents which says that everyone has a right to participate in [[culture]], to benefit from [[scientific progress]], and to have a [[wikt:stakeholder|stake]] in their own contributions to [[science]] and culture. It is expressed in [[wikisource:Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights#Article_27|Article 27]] of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: |
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(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. |
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(2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author. |
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Similar language appears in [[wikisource:International_Covenant_on_Economic,_Social_and_Cultural_Rights#Article_15|Article 15]] of the [[International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights]], a [[treaty]] that many nations have signed: |
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The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone: |
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:(a) To take part in cultural life; |
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:(b) To enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications; |
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:(c) To benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author. |
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The concept of a right to science and culture has received relatively little attention from [[legal scholar]]s and [[human rights activist]]s, and there is no widely accepted interpretation of what the right should entail in practice. Human rights experts and members of the [[access to knowledge movement]] and have argued that the right to science and culture is in tension with overly broad [[intellectual property rights]] that severely limit the ability of many people to participate in cultural life and benefit from progress in science and [[technology]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Shaver|first=Lea Bishop|date=March 6, 2009|title=The Right to Science and Culture|location=Wisconsin Law Review|pages=6–9|url=http://ssrn.com/abstract=1354788}}</ref> In 2000, for example, the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]] Sub-commission on Human Rights suggested that the [[Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights]] may violate the right to science and therefore conflict with [[international human rights law]].<ref>{{Cite book |
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| publisher = Pluto Press |
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| isbn = 074532892X, 9780745328928 |
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| last1 = Suoranta |
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| first1 = Juha |
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| first2 = Tere |
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| last2 = Vadén |
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| title = Wikiworld |
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| date = 2009-06 |
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| page = 42 |
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==References== |
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{{Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights}} |
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{{Particular human rights}} |
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[[Category:Human rights by issue]] |
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