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DESCRIPTION:Recent years have seen the emergence of dual-use technologies a
 nd\, more generally\, of scientific research pertaining to technologies th
 at are potentially beneficial to humanity\, but that may also harm it in a
  serious\, lasting\, and possibly even irreversible way (e.g. genomic edit
 ing\, geoengineering\, or AI). Faced with ‘dangerous science’ – so d
 efined –\, the issue of adequate types and content of duties and respons
 ibilities for anticipating both the potential benefits and harms of such s
 cience has become more pressing. One framework from which States may deriv
 e duties and responsibilities to anticipate both the potential harms and b
 enefits of such science is the human right to enjoy the benefits of scient
 ific progress and its applications\, as well as to participate in that pro
 gress\, under Article 15(1)(b) of the International Covenant on Economic\,
  Social and Cultural Rights (often referred to as the ‘human right to sc
 ience’). Not only\, indeed\, does that right include (i) everyone’s ri
 ght to access and participate in the scientific enterprise and its organiz
 ation\, and (ii) to access and participate in the benefits of scientific p
 rogress\, but (iii) it also constitutes a right to be protected against th
 e adverse effects of science. Interestingly\, while some duties and respon
 sibilities of scientific anticipation grounded in the human right to scien
 ce have been briefly mentioned in recent interpretations of this right by 
 United Nations’ rapporteurs and bodies\, their specific content\, scope\
 , and bearers are still to be fully addressed\, and their key potential to
  drive reform of the precaution-prevention paradigm has yet to be fully le
 veraged\, including through international cooperation. This lecture explor
 es the comparative advantages of the anticipation of duties and responsibi
 lities grounded in the human right to science though a critical examinatio
 n of the existing international environmental law regime for anticipating 
 the potential harms and benefits of marine geoengineering.\nSpeaker: Prof.
  Samantha Besson (Collège de France\, Paris)
LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T060649Z
LOCATION:Freiburg/Germany\, Fürstenbergstr. 19\, Room: Seminar room (F 113
 ) | Guests are welcome\; please register
ORGANIZER;CN="Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
 ":mailto:c.hillemanns@csl.mpg.de
SUMMARY:Max Planck Guest Lecture: Dangerous Science\, Anticipation and the 
 Human Right to Science
URL;VALUE=URI:https://csl.mpg.de/events/39513/880574
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