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  • 6 - On the Right to Science As a Cultural Human Right

  • from Part II - The Right to Science, Now
  • Edited by Helle Porsdam, University of Copenhagen, Sebastian Porsdam Mann, University of Copenhagen
  • Book:
    The Right to Science
    Published online:
    25 November 2021
    Print publication:
    02 December 2021, pp 107-123
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    Chapter Six is an essay written by former UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Farida Shaheed, and Andrew Mazibrada, based on an interview with Shaheed conducted by the editors. Among the topics covered are the challenges Shaheed faced in developing the broad normative contents for the right of science for the Human Rights Council; why this right should be embedded within cultural rights at all – a question that has itself engendered significant debate – and how the thread connecting the apparently disparate fields of culture and science is in fact human creativity, which lies at the heart of cultural rights. The chapter underlines the importance of adopting a ‘public good’ approach to knowledge innovation and diffusion, illustrating the critical relevance of the right to science today by reference to a few selected issues. It concludes with the need to have robust discussions involving all parties, including in particular the private sector, whose voices have historically been nearly or entirely missing from human rights discussions.