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Science is a human right − and its future is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  • Written by Andrea Boggio, Professor of Politics, Law and Society, Bryant University
imageThere was no opposition to designating science as a human right.United Nations Photo/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Dec. 10 marks the anniversary of the 1948 signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Though contested, imperfect and unfulfilled, the declaration remains a milestone in...

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