[Open-access] Well, this is unexpected! - re human right

Tue Feb 28 15:01:34 UTC 2012

I don't really know Peter, perhaps write to them, suggest the assistance
with this report and ask how we can contribute (what and by when)? We at
EIFL sent our submission during public consultations (in November), they
thanked us but didn't provide any further information.

On 28 February 2012 16:52, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

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> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Iryna Kuchma <iryna.kuchma at eifl.net>wrote:
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>> Dear Peter and all,
>>
>> Last year the Civil Society Section, Office of the United Nations High
>> Commissioner for Human Rights, UN expert on cultural rights, organized
>> public consultation on the right to enjoy benefits of scientific progress
>> and its applications:
>> http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/CulturalRights/Pages/Consultation7December2011.aspx.
>> Question 5 was OA related: *What legal, administrative, policy or other
>> measures have been adopted/are under consideration to eliminate barriers to
>> scientific communication and collaboration, such as censorship,
>> restrictions on access to the Internet or on free availability of
>> scientific literature and journals*? And now the Independent Expert in
>> the field of cultural rights, Ms. Farida Shaheed, prepares annual report
>> “The right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its
>> applications” to the Human Rights Council, to be presented in June 2012.
>> ieculturalrights at ohchr.org was a contact email to participate in the
>> public consultation.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Iryna
>>
>> Iryna Kuchma
>> EIFL Open Access Programme Manager
>> www.eifl.net
>>
>
> Iryna,
> Thanks very much - this looks very powerful. What do we need to do and by
> when?
>
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>> On 28 February 2012 02:06, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I agree that we need to force the positive. Some months ago I proposed
>>> that access to the scientific literature should be a fundamental human
>>> right:
>>>
>>> http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2011/09/30/access-to-scientific-publications-should-be-a-fundamental-right/
>>> It's simple to understand, compelling and politically tractable.
>>> Is there a chance that this would fly in Europe? I have been invited to
>>> a meeting where Neelie Kroos will be present - we need a simple concept
>>> that we should hammer.
>>>
>>> P.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter Murray-Rust
>>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
>>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>>> University of Cambridge
>>> CB2 1EW, UK
>>> +44-1223-763069
>>>
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>>
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>
> --
> Peter Murray-Rust
> Reader in Molecular Informatics
> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
> University of Cambridge
> CB2 1EW, UK
> +44-1223-763069
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