S&T advances should safeguard health, equity and the rights of vulnerable populations, says rural development professional Bhavani R. V.

Looking through a 'human rights lens' can improve S&T programmes, while S&T can help strengthen human rights work, says lawyer Jessica Wyndham.

Using the human rights framework to tackle challenging ethical questions can guide climate policy, argues political philosopher Simon Caney.

Integrating human rights thinking into policies for combating HIV/AIDS is essential, says Navi Pillay.

We need to revive the rights-based agenda and realign research priorities for women's health, says Priya Shetty.

New models of intellectual property rights are needed to protect — and promote — local knowledge and innovations, says Anil Gupta.

As we mark Human Rights Day, Jessica Wyndham calls for all scientists to uphold the right to science.

Scientists can do more to ensure governments uphold human rights, say Leonard Rubenstein and Mona Younis.

China's new bioethics regulations will protect human subjects while allowing biomedicine and biotechnologies to develop, argues Qiu Renzong.

It's time to stop using the poor, and build a media that respects their rights and needs, says Nalaka Gunawardene.

UNESCO's declaration on bioethics and human rights is too weak to be of value, and could harm the world's poor if developing countries accept it, says Richard Ashcroft.

Understanding science and its implications is a human right, argues Xiong Lei, in this perspective from China.