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AfricaBio

AfricaBio is a non-governmental organisation for the various stakeholders involved in the food, feed and fibre sectors within South Africa. It seeks to promote the safe, ethical and responsible research, development and application of biotechnology and its products. The immediate objectives of AfricaBio are: informing and lobbying key stakeholders (including government and industry); providing accurate information on biotechnology to the media and general public; providing international organisations lobbying for or against biotechnology with information on the need for this technology in Africa. 'BioLines' is AfricaBio’s monthly guide to what is topical.

ICSU – Science and Human Rights

The International Council for Science (ICSU) aims to protect the rights of scientists by working at the crossroads of the right to science and the protection of science as a right. ICSU's work, particularly through the Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the Conduct of Science, promotes human rights-based approaches to climate change research, and social and environmental well-being. The ICSU website contains a collection of key international charters and declarations relevant to human rights and science.

PCST Academy

The Communication of Science and Technology network (PCST) Academy is responsible for the creation of the documentary basis of the Public Communication of Science and Technology network (PCST) and its main task is the selection and organized collection of reports on particular topics in the field of communication and social understanding of science.

Practical Action

Practical Action aims to alleviate poverty by improving access to technologies and knowledge in poor communities across Africa, Asia and Latin America. It works in collaboration with communities, and campaigns for change in policies and systems of innovation.

The website contains information on completed and existing projects, upcoming events, and blog posts discussing relevant issues. It also offers an extensive document library of position papers, manuals and reports.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science

This nongovernmental organisation explicitly engages with human rights-based approaches to science, technology, and development. It has recently established the Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights, and Law Program, which develops the normative frameworks through which the international community examines how human rights-based approaches relate to science, technology, law and policy. The organisation is actively involved in human rights standard-setting and capacity building in parts of the developing world. It is also at the forefront of using new satellite-based technologies for tracking human rights violations. Details of these programmes and links to relevant publications are available on the website.