Post by Markanite on May 25, 2022 14:51:58 GMT -5
Repeal: “Access To Scientific Knowledge”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Category: Repeal
Resolution: GA#604
Proposed by: The Wallenburgian World Assembly Offices
General Assembly Resolution #604 “Access to Scientific Knowledge” (Category: Education and Creativity; Area of Effect: Educational) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Recognizing the value of scientific knowledge and its publication to the international community,
Committed, however, to the principles of ethical research, which take precedence over convenient access to data,
The World Assembly hereby repeals General Assembly Resolution #604, Access to Scientific Knowledge, for the following causes:
Section 4 fails to consider the privacy and confidentiality rights of research participants.
It institutes no procedures whatsoever for the anonymization of participant data which the Council for Scientific Dissemination collects: neither member states nor research entities operating under their jurisdiction nor the Council for Scientific Dissemination are directed to perform any anonymization, regardless of its necessity to the protection of personal information.
It requires the communication of personal information—which may include their names, associations, place of residence, employment, sexual, or medical history, or demographic characteristics—to the Council for Scientific Dissemination whenever it is included in government-funded research or data.
Section 6 exacerbates these failures by directing the Council for Scientific Dissemination to publish all of this unethically communicated data.
Section 4 further bulldozes research ethics in coercing government-funded researchers to violate informed consent agreements with participants where these agreements specify that some collected information will not be published or communicated to third parties. This harms participants of past scientific research and erodes public trust in the sciences and the will of scientists to examine their hypotheses, for fear of harming participants.
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