Executive Committee
The International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies (IHRN) is governed by an executive committee composed of members from 12 academies around the world. The Committee on Human Rights of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in Washington, D.C. serves as the IHRN's secretariat. Participants
National academies and scholarly societies that have human rights committees or an interest in human rights issues are invited to participate in the IHRN. Learn more about IHRN participants. |
Statements
The Executive Committee makes occasional public statements on issues related to the mandate of the IHRN and it encourages members to support and publicize them. Resources
Learn more about the ways in which national academies around the world are integrating human rights activities into their work. |
In the Spotlight
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Call for a Human Rights-Based Approach to COVID-19
The Executive Committee of the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies has issued a public statement calling for a human rights-based approach to COVID-19. The full text of the statement can be found here. |
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Human Rights and Scientific Education
A September 2019 Symposium of European National Academies
The eighth in a series of symposia devoted to the theme of human rights and science was held on September 11, 2019 in Paris, France on the topic of the right to education. It sought to demonstrate the importance of human rights education for a wide audience, including secondary and post-secondary students, to fight against discrimination of all kinds. The event was hosted by the French Academy of Sciences and co-organized with the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, which manages the symposium series. Both academies are active participants of the IHRN and have brought key issues and lessons learned raised during the symposia series to the attention of other IHRN-participating academies.
Beginning in 2010 in Berlin, the Leopoldina’s Human Rights Committee has organized regular symposia, in cooperation with national academies, that include representatives of European academies and the wider European scientific community. These events provide an opportunity to debate topical human rights and ethics-related questions related to the work of national academies, and to discuss cases of scientists and scholars subjected to human rights abuse.
For more information on the latest symposium, please visit the French Academy of Sciences’ website.
A September 2019 Symposium of European National Academies
The eighth in a series of symposia devoted to the theme of human rights and science was held on September 11, 2019 in Paris, France on the topic of the right to education. It sought to demonstrate the importance of human rights education for a wide audience, including secondary and post-secondary students, to fight against discrimination of all kinds. The event was hosted by the French Academy of Sciences and co-organized with the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, which manages the symposium series. Both academies are active participants of the IHRN and have brought key issues and lessons learned raised during the symposia series to the attention of other IHRN-participating academies.
Beginning in 2010 in Berlin, the Leopoldina’s Human Rights Committee has organized regular symposia, in cooperation with national academies, that include representatives of European academies and the wider European scientific community. These events provide an opportunity to debate topical human rights and ethics-related questions related to the work of national academies, and to discuss cases of scientists and scholars subjected to human rights abuse.
For more information on the latest symposium, please visit the French Academy of Sciences’ website.
“No words are enough to express my recognition to the efforts of the members of your Institutions and those of the International Network on my behalf…I am convinced that I owe my release in a great extent to all of you.” (Oscar Espinosa Chepe, March 22, 2005)
Contact Us
To contact the secretariat of the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies, please send an email to hrnetwork@nas.edu or call us at the telephone number below.
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