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Call for papers: Human rights issues concerning new technologies
Háskólinn í Nottingham auglýsir eftir rannsóknarritgerðum í tengslum við árlega mannréttindaráðstefnu sem haldin verður 20. mars 2010. Að þessu sinni eru mannréttindi í tengslum við nýja tækni efst á baugi.
Ráðstefnunefndin hvetur nemendur úr hvaða fræðigrein sem er að skila inn umsóknum um þáttöku. Þeir höfundar sem fyrir valinu verða verður boðið að taka þátt í hringborðsumræðum ráðstefnunnar og mun þeir þar ræða verk sín ásamt helstu fag- og fræðimönnum í feltinu. Allir þeir nemendur sem skráðir eru í viðurkennt háskólanám geta skilað inn umsóknum. Ritgerðum og fyrirlestrum ber að skila á ensku.
Upplýsingar um umsóknarferlið eru hér neðst á síðunni.
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Call for papers: Human rights issues concerning new technologies
"New Technologies: Your Life? Your Health? Your Privacy? Our Human Rights"
is the title of the 2010 Annual Student Human Rights Conference to be held
at the University of Nottingham on Saturday 20 March 2010.
The Annual Student Human Rights Conference provides students with an
opportunity to present their research to an international audience alongside
leading practitioners, scholars and experts.
The 2010 conference will explore the inter-relation between human rights and
the global consequences of the advancement of new technologies. By
encouraging multi-disciplinary participation, the conference seeks to
reaffirm the necessity of incorporating human rights discourse when
discussing the controversial nature of the science and technology domain.
This conference aims to discuss a number of human rights issues concerning
new technologies. For example, what is the potential for interference with
our right to privacy, not only in relation to our health but also to our
security? What are the implications of the universality of rights when
considering the level of technological development in the affluent north in
comparison to developing countries? Will debates on bioethics strengthen
human rights protection or replace them? What are the positive and negative
impacts of assisted reproductive technologies? How can information and
communication technologies be used to advance and protect human rights? How
do we rectify the dichotomy between security interests and civil liberties
and the need for caution when dealing with emerging technologies? This is
just the tip of the new technologies and human rights iceberg, by addressing
these and other issues the conference wishes to explore the balance between
technological advancement and its impact on human rights standards.
Papers are welcome on the subject of human rights in relation to one of the
following themes:
New technologies and:
- Bioethics and Human Rights
- Health Technologies and Human Rights
- New Technologies and the Right to Privacy
- Information and Communication Technologies and Human Rights
- Nanotechnology, Satellites and/or Weapons and Human Rights
- Emerging Technologies and Human Rights
- Using Technology to Advance Human Rights
The Conference Committee encourages submissions of papers from students in
any discipline on any of the above themes. Authors of selected papers will
be offered the opportunity to discuss their work in panels which will take
place as part of the conference, alongside leading practitioners and
academics working in the field. Applications are open to university students
in any discipline enrolled at a recognised university. Papers and
presentations should be in English.
*Submission Details:*
Using the application form available on the website, please provide a short
abstract of no more than 500 words by Sunday 10 January 2010, clearly
stating the authors postal address, email, phone number and institution. The
abstract should be submitted electronically to the following address:
HumanRightsConference@nottingham.ac.uk
For further information, please see the Events page of HRLC website:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/law/hrlc/