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A Duty to Protect from Science? Interactions in International Law between Research Security and the Right to Science
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A Duty to Protect from Science? Interactions in International Law between Research Security and the Right to Science

Brendan Walker-Munro
Security Challenges
23/05/2024
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research security right to science international law nation States legal obligations Criminal law Criminal procedure Administrative law Criminal justice Law enforcement Law reform
Among the various human rights protected by international law, perhaps one of the least understood is the right to science, a fundamentally under-explored international legal obligation. At the same time, nation-states are increasingly engaging in thefts of intellectual property, scientific discoveries and high-value data and so have enacted regimes to enhance “research security” to protect against those threats. But does this result in a clash between a human right to science and the sovereignty of States? Or can the two rights be properly reconciled using appropriate, proportionate and reasonable mechanisms of law?

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