Human Rights

The American Physical Society is committed to the human rights of physicists.  Through its Committee on International Freedom of Scientists, the APS monitors and advocates for the rights of individual scientists in the United States and around the globe.  The Society also awards the  Andrei Sakharov Prize to scientists who uphold these rights and has acknowledged the rights of scientists through official APS statements.

APS Committee on International Freedom of Scientists (CIFS)

• CIFS web site
  
• Current Cases Monitored by CIFS

APS Andrei Sakharov Prize
“To recognize outstanding leadership and/or achievements of scientists in upholding human rights.”

APS Human Rights Related Statements

The following links and resources are provided by the APS Committee on International Freedom of Scientists.

Science & Human Rights:

• Science and Human Rights Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  
• Committee of Concerned Scientists
• Committee on Human Rights of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
  
• Committee on Human Rights of Scientists of the New York Academy of Sciences
• American Chemical Society’s Committee on International Activities Subcommittee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights
• Scholars at Risk Network
  

Human Rights Organizations & Resources:

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Adopted and proclaimed by the United Nations' General Assembly on 10 December 1948
  
• Human Rights Watch
• Amnesty International
• The Dui Hua Foundation

Academic Freedom in the United States:

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• The American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
  

Science & Responsibility: 

• Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (U.S. site)
• Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
• Physicians for Social Responsibility