A/HRC/26/19 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 1 April 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-sixth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Report on the seminar on the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications Summary In its resolution 20/11 of 5 July 2012, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner to convene a seminar on the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications in order to further clarify the content and scope of that right and its relationship with other human rights and fundamental freedoms. As requested in the resolution, participants included representatives of United Nations and other international organizations, civil society and academia. The seminar was organized around six panel discussions covering the normative content of the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications; scientific freedom; interdependence among rights; intellectual property rights; access to information, technology and knowledge; and the right to participate in the scientific enterprise. GE.14-12790 *1412790*