13th Biennial Meeting of the IHRN
hosted by
The Korean Academy of Science and Technology
The K-Hotel, Seoul
Seoul, Korea
Thursday, October 25 —Saturday, October 27, 2018
The thirteenth biennial meeting of the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies (IHRN), was held under the auspices of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology from October 25-27, 2018 in Seoul, Korea. The IHRN, created in 1993, works to address global concerns related to science and human rights and to promote the free exchange of ideas and opinions among scientists and scholars in all countries.
Representatives of more than 20 national scientific academies and scholarly societies from around the world were in attendance. The meeting included a one day symposium, Science and the Right to Development. During the meeting, higher education students in science, engineering, health, and other fields engaged with speakers at a special student session on the intersection between science and human rights.
Please click here to read a summary of the symposium and student session. To view the programs for the symposium and student session, please click on the images below.
Participants and speakers at the 13th Biennial Meeting of the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies (Network) in Seoul.
Traditional Korean entertainment at the Network Meeting Welcome Dinner.
Participants at the Network Meeting Welcome Dinner.
Participants at the Network Meeting Welcome Dinner.
Left to right: Dr. Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Dr. Harold Rocha, and Dr. Rafael Apitz-Castro.
Former President of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Dr. Bruce Alberts gives a toast at the Network Meeting Welcome Dinner.
President of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology Prof. Myung-Chul Lee, M.D. gives welcoming remarks at the Network Symposium on Science and the Right to Development.
Prof. Kyung-Seo Park offers congratulatory remarks.
Dr. Martin Chalfie presents on the Network's history and mission.
Prof. Changrok Soh presents at the Network Symposium.
Dr. Nico Schrijver presents on the right to development.
Left to right: Prof. Heisoo Shin, Mr. Keith Hiatt, and Dr. Joo Young Lee participating in a panel on Human Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Prof. Xigen Wang presents on confronting poverty and reducing inequality.
Left to right: Dr. Nico Schrijver, Dr. Sun-Jin Yun, Mr. James Phiri, and Dr. Jolene Lin participate in a panel on climate change-related rights violations.
Commissioner Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana (Commission on Human Rights, Republic of the Philippines) presents on accountability for climate change-related rights violations.
Dr. Yooshin Kim (Chair of the Science and Human Rights Committee of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology) gives closing remarks.
Guests at the Network Symposium on Science and the Right to Development.
Left to right: Prof. Roseanne Diab, Dr. Asha Saumtally, Dr. Salem Saumtally, and Dr. Hans-Peter Zenner at the Network Student Session.
Dr. Bruce Alberts presents on the importance of academic freedom and scientific independence at the Network Student Session.
Dr. Edouard Brezin presents at the Network Student Session.
Dr. Elisabeth Rachlew presents at the Network Student Session.
Dr. Siyavuya Bulani presents at the Network Student Session.
Dr. Pedro Leon presents at the Network Student Session.
Dr. Esther Mwaikambo presents at the Network Student Session.
Guests at the Network Student Session.
Mr. Keith Hiatt presents on new technologies and human rights.
Prof. Seunghyun Nam presents on new technologies and human rights.
Prof. Daniel Connolly presents on new technologies and human rights.
A participant asks a question at the Network Student Session.