<div dir="ltr"><div>Completely support you Chris. I blogged about this 3-4 years back but got little take-up<br><br><a href="http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2011/09/30/access-to-scientific-publications-should-be-a-fundamental-right/">http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2011/09/30/access-to-scientific-publications-should-be-a-fundamental-right/</a><br><br>reported later...<br><br><a href="http://access.okfn.org/2012/03/20/scientific-social-networks-are-the-future-of-science/">http://access.okfn.org/2012/03/20/scientific-social-networks-are-the-future-of-science/</a><br><br></div>We need to keep arguing this!<br><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Chris Zielinski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ziggytheblue@gmail.com" target="_blank">ziggytheblue@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks for this comment, Jenny, and for sharing the link to Farida Shaheed's Report on "The right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications". She makes some interesting points regarding the right of access to scientific (and cultural) knowledge, and notes that governments are increasingly insisting on open access to the results of government-funded research. While this is indeed a chink in the armor, it is a long way short of comprehensive open access to all information essential to human development.<br></div><p>Altogether, the UDHR/Covenant do not offer the interpretation that
access to information is a human right.You would in fact have to
conclude the reverse - if authors/creators have a human right to
their output, which allows them to decide all significant further uses
(publishing, reading, etc) of their work then surely nobody else does.Note that I am arguing this strictly from a rights perspective, not applied law. </p><p>In the next few weeks I hope to develop a few more building blocks for my argument in the blog, before trying to pull them all together.</p><p>Best,</p><p>Chris<br></p><div><br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 January 2015 at 15:00, Jenny Molloy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jenny.molloy@okfn.org" target="_blank">jenny.molloy@okfn.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks Chris, this is very interesting and I look forward to reading your future blogs on reconciling access to knowledge with authors rights.<div><br></div><div>I've found the following article to be a good exploration of discussions on the normative content of the 'right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress' (part of Article 27 of UDHR):</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Farida Shaheed</div><div>The right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications</div></div><div><a href="http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session20/A-HRC-20-26_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session20/A-HRC-20-26_en.pdf</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jenny</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 31 December 2014 at 22:02, Chris Zielinski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ziggytheblue@gmail.com" target="_blank">ziggytheblue@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<p>I’ve just posted a blog that might be of interest to members of this list.
The blog seeks to answer the question, “Is access to information a human
right?” by carrying out a short, non-specialist analysis of Articles of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is at <a href="http://ziggytheblue.wordpress.com" target="_blank">http://ziggytheblue.wordpress.com</a>
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<p>Happy New Year to all!</p>
<p>Chris</p>
<p>Chris Zielinski <a href="mailto:chris@chriszielinski.com" target="_blank">chris@chriszielinski.com</a>
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