Co-presidents: Anne EPHRUSSI and Jean ILIOPOULOS.
Constituted in 1978, CODHOS's mission is to intervene when scientists (this term being taken in its broadest sense, including academics of all disciplines, engineers and health personnel) are victims of human rights violations. The Committee, whose missions are set out in the Academy's statutes, is part of an international network (the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies) which ensures that the information it receives is verified, and that the interventions it undertakes are more extensive.
Although the impact of CODHOS's actions is difficult to measure, the reactions of the various authorities and the improvements noted in certain cases prove that this Committee does not work in vain. Also, the duty of solidarity alone justifies its existence.
Members: Etienne Emile BAULIEU, Jacques BELGHITI (Académie nationale de médecine), Hélène BOUCHIAT, Edouard BREZIN, Claude COHEN-TANNOUDJI, Pierre ENCRENAZ, Alain FISCHER, Philippe JANVIER, Jean-François JOANNY, Ana-Maria LENNON-DUMENIL, Jean-Pierre MAHE (Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres), Charles-Michel MARLE, Christine PETIT, Marc PHILONENKO (Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres), Olivier PIRONNEAU, Jacques PROST, Yves QUERE, André SENTENAC, Francis-André WOLLMAN
contact: nathalie.zajdman[at]academie-sciences.fr
