Abstract
A NEW PROGRAM is recruiting scientists and engineers interested in volunteering their technical expertise to aid human rights organizations. The On-Call Scientist program is run by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The program got its inspiration from the network of pro bono lawyers who help human rights groups. “Human rights organizations are very used to turning to pro bono lawyers for help,” explains Mona Younis, director of the AAAS Science & Human Rights Program. “We wanted to develop the same type of tradition where human rights organizations would turn to pro bono scientists” for help on technical issues, she says. Examples of the role scientific volunteers could play in human rights issues include climatologists who review reports on human-rights-based analysis of the impact of climate change or forensic scientists who provide guidance on exhuming graves. In return for their technical expertise, Younis says, scientists will expand their sense of value ...
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