In this section links to international governmental organisations are gathered. Furthermore links to relevant suborganisations and subsaries which by policy form the international framework for science and ethics. Not regarded here are international non-governmental (or non-profit) organisations. The scope of science and ethics is not restricted to international legislation promoted by the organisations listed, but it is also promoted by international professional organisations which are not listed as of yet. As the field of science and ethics comprises very heterogenous issues only the most important issues and organisations can be highlighted here.
An important topic in regard to science and ethics is the ethics of research. For more resources you may consult the section European research ethics which provides access to the website »European Research Ethics (ERE), the premier link to research ethics resources«.
International organisations listed in this section comprise the United Nations, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the Council of Europe, the European Union, and their respective suborganisations.
Besides direct links to essential international organisations the section Links to further international organisations provides links to further sources of links to international organisations.
This section provides access to offers of the United Nations. This includes the homepage of the United Nations Organisation (UNO) as well as specific sub-organisation which are concerned with issues of ethics and science.
Alternative title
United Nations Organization (UNO)
Provider
United Nations
Description
The United Nation's website provides access to electronic resources covering the fields of Human Rights, International Law, Peace and Security, Development, and Humanitarian Affairs. It provides further resources, like documents and freely accessible databases as well as links to its main bodies and subsidiary organisations.
Specific offers of the UN in regard to international law can be found in the respective section International Law.
Languages
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Keywords
International law; Human rights; Ethics; Databases;
Alternative title
---
Provider
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Description
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is primarily concerned with food security serving as a source of knowledge and information in the field of agriculture. The website provides general information and access to FAO's publications as well as access to relevant international treaties.
Languages
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Keywords
Agriculture, International law; World hunger; Food security; Agriculture
Alternative title
---
URL
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/
Provider
United Nations Educational, Scientifc and Cultural Organization
Description
The website provides an overview of UNESCO's activities, among others in the fields of natural sciences as well as social and human sciences. Furthermore it provides further links to subsidiary organisations, institutes, and centres as well as national and regional offices.
Languages
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Keywords
International law; Science; Education; Culture; Ethics
Alternative title
---
Provider
World Health Organization (WHO)
Description
The website of the World Health Organisation (WHO) provides, besides general information on its activities, access to key publications and journals published by the WHO as well as access to databases providing health related information and statistics.
Furthermore the WHO website provides specific information especially concerned with ethical issues like Ethics and Health and Ethics, Trade, Human rights and Health law. Furthermore the WHO provides a centres database of collaborating centres worldwide.
Languages
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Keywords
Health policy; Medicine; Delivery of health care; International law; Ethics
Alternative title
---
Provider
United Nations Statistics Division
Description
The website bundels existing databases and provides central access to databases and statistical services provided by the United Nations Organisations or in collabotration with the United Nations.
Languages
English
Keywords
Databases; Statistics; America; Africa; Asia and the Pacific; Europe;
The OECD defines itself as a forum of countries committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a setting to compare policy experiences, seeking answers to common problems, identifying good practices, and co-ordinating domestic and international policies of its members. Its mandate covers economic, environmental, and social issues.
Alternative title
Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)
Provider
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
Description
The portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development provides a starting point for research on the activities of the OECD in various fields. Besides an alphabetical list themes are browsable by topic, by country, or by OECD department engaged.
Languages
English, French
Keywords
Society; Economics; Technology; Agriculture; Environment;
This section provides links to the Council of Europe, an international organisation comprising 47 European Countries. Not to be confused with institutions of the European Union like the European Council or the Council of the European Union.
Alternative title
Conseil de L'Europe
URL
http://www.coe.int/DefaultEN.asp
Provider
Council of Europe (CoC)
Description
The website of the Council of Europe (CoE) provides general information about its activities and links to its affiliated institutions.
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Russian
Keywords
International law;
Alternative title
---
URL
http://www.coe.int/t/commissioner/default_en.asp
Provider
Council of Europe (CoE)
Description
The Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent institution within the Council of Europe mandated to promote awareness and respect for human rights in its member states. The website provides information on the activities of the Commissioner (selected by country, theme, and date) and makes relevant documents accessible via a searchable database.
Languages
English, French
Keywords
Human rights; Europe;
Alternative title
---
URL
http://www.coe.int/t/cm/home_en.asp
Provider
Council of Europe (CoE)
Description
The website provides access to documents regulating the work of the Committee, adopted texts issued by the Committee of Ministers, links to further international organisations.
Languages
English, French
Keywords
International law; Human rights; Europe
Alternative title
Court Europeenne des Droits de l'Homme
URL
http://www.echr.coe.int/echr/Homepage_EN
Provider
Council of Europe
Description
The website provides legal information on Human Rights and access to the database HUDOC which provides free access to the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. Translations respectively links to translations are provided.
Languages
English, French
Keywords
International law; Case law; Human rights; Europe
Alternative title
pace
URL
http://assembly.coe.int/default.asp
Provider
Council of Europe (CoE)
Description
The Parliamentary Assembly is the parliamentary body of the Council of Europe. The website provides general information on the activities of the institution and provides access to its official documents, working papers and press releases via a searchable database.
Languages
English (partly in French)
Keywords
Europe; Politics; International law;
In this section links are provided that refer to institutions of the European Union (EU) and their offers concerned with Science and Ethics. The European Union comprises several political bodies which do have competences in the field of science and ethics and are engaged in respective activities.
Links are provided to the main institutional bodies, namely the European Parliament, the European Commission as well as the Council of the European Union and the European Council and their respective suborganisations.
Alternative title
---
URL
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/
Provider
European Parliament
Description
The website of the European Parliament provides general information on its activities and refers to information on its parties, Members of the European Parliament, and its standing committees.
Languages
Official Languages of the European Union
Keywords
European Union
Alternative title
European Parliament. The Legislative Observatory
URL
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/index.jsp?form=null&language=en
Provider
European Parliament
Description
The website provides information on legislative processes as well as access to respecting documents.
Languages
English, French
Keywords
Legislative processes; European Union;
Alternative title
STOA
URL
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/default_en.htm
Provider
European Parliament
Description
The website of the STOA network of the European Parliament provides general information on its activities as well as access to its publications which comprise official assessments as well as non-official working papers on disputed subjects in the field of science and technology.
Languages
Official languages of the European Union
Keywords
Technology assessment; Opinions; European Union
Alternative title
---
URL
http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm
Provider
European Commission
Description
The homepage of the European Commission serves as a starting point to general information about the Commission’s work. It provides links to further departments and services as well as information on European legislation and policies.
Languages
Official Languages of the European Community
Keywords
Legislation; European Union; Community law;
Alternative title
ERA
URL
http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/index_en.htm
Provider
European Commission
Description
Portal of the European Research Area. ERA is supposed to bundle activities, programmes and policies at regional, national and European level, and thus enable the creation and exploitation of synergies and complementarities. The website provides general information and documents published by ERA as well as links to institutions concerned with science policy and research.
Languages
English, French, German
Keywords
Research policy; European Union; Research
Alternative title
EGE
URL
http://ec.europa.eu/european_group_ethics/index_en.htm
Provider
European Commission
Description
The website provides information about the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) which includes thematic documentation, electronic full texts of EGE publications as well as published opinions of the EGE. Further linking to related European websites is provided.
Languages
English, French
Keywords
Ethics; Science; Legislation; Opinions; European Union
Alternative title
---
URL
http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm
Provider
European Commission
Description
Website of the European Commission on research policy and research funding. Information on research issues are provided as well as information with regard to specific target groups, like, among others, researchers, students, teachers, or journalists.
Languages
English, French
Keywords
Ethics, Science; Research; European Union;
Alternative title
Science in Society portal
Provider
European Commission
Description
The portal of the Science in Society (SIS) Programme of the European Commission provides information on European science policies and links to activities in the European Research Area (ERA) and further information.
Languages
English
Keywords
Research policy; European Union;
Alternative title
Consilium
URL
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/homepage.aspx?lang=en
Provider
Council of the European Union
Description
Not to be confused with the European Council the Council forms the second legislative body of the European Union besides the European Parliament. The website provides general information on the work of the Council as well as access to regarding documents.
Languages
Official languages of the European Union
Keywords
Legislative processes; European Union;
Alternative title
---
URL
http://www.european-council.europa.eu/home-page.aspx?lang=en
Provider
The European Council
Description
Not to be confused with the Council of the European Union the European Council is an official institution of the European Union (EU) comprising the head of state or government of EU member states. It has no direct legislative power but defines the EU's policy agenda. The website of the European Council provides general information and news as well as the accompagnying documents.
Languages
Official languages of the European Union
Keywords
European Union; Legislative processes;
In this section links are gathered that provide access to information concerning international organisations which can be localised in the broad field of science and ethics.
The scope is not restricted to specific organisational forms, e.g. non-profit organisations, but comprises all kind of organisation active in more than one country.
Alternative title
---
URL
http://www.uia.be/s/or/en/igo
Provider
Union of International Associations
Description
The Union of International Organisations (UIO) provides free access to IGO-search.org, a database of intergovernmental organisations comprising more than 3000 international bodies.
Languages
English
Keywords
Databases; International organisations;
Alternative title
---
Provider
Northwestern University Library, Illinois
Description
The website provides a list of links to international governmental organisations, foreign national government agencies, and access to national as well as international documents in full text where possible. Resources are also ordered by region and by theme.
Languages
English
Keywords
Organisations; America; Europe; Asia and the Pacific; Africa
Alternative title
---
URL
http://www.fda.gov/InternationalPrograms/Agreements/ucm131179.htm
Provider
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Description
The FDA website provides, among others,Lists of links to international organisations and state authorities in the field of healthcare.
Languages
English
Keywords
International organisations; Public health; America; Africa; Europe; Asia and the Pacific;
Alternative title
---
URL
http://library.duke.edu/research/subject/guides/ngo_guide/index.html
Provider
Duke University Libraries
Description
Besides general information about NGOs the website provides a public database compprising data about selected NGOs.
Languages
English
Keywords
Databases; Non-Governmental Organisations;
Alternative title
---
URL
http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/
Provider
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (ECOSOC)
Description
The website provides a searchable database comprising information on Non-Governmental Organisations at the UN.
Languages
English
Keywords
Databases; Non-Governmental organisations; International organisations;
Alternative title
Professional and ethical codes for socio-economic research in the information society
URL
http://www.respectproject.org/main/index.php
Provider
Insitute for Employment Studies
Description
The RESPECT project was funded by the European Commission’s Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme, to draw up professional and ethical guidelines for the conduct of socio-economic research. The site also provides a searchable database of scientific organisations: http://www.respectproject.org/standards/search.php
Languages
English
Keywords
Professional ethics; Professional conduct; Research ethics; Organisations; Databases