Paragraph 12 of the declaration not only encourages the court to give greater prominence to these principles.
The Declaration of Helsinki, a set of ethical principles for human studies, says that papers about "research not in accordance with the principles of this Declaration should not be accepted for publication"; it does not specifically recommend retraction of papers if ethical flaws are discovered after publication.
Petitioner appears to seek nothing less from this court than a declaration not only that the decision below was wrong, but that the Florida vote was certified on Nov. 14 -- not when it actually was, on Nov. 26 -- so that he can argue elsewhere that respondents' post-certification challenges to the election results should be tossed out as untimely.
"We will do our final declaration not this evening but tomorrow (Saturday) morning around 11 o'clock," Yusuf Nzibo, of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), told a news conference, Reuters reports.
The Declaration of Helsinki (DoH) in 1964 specifically addressed the issue of publication when research is found lacking in any or all of its recommended tenets; "both authors and publishers have ethical obligations...reports of experimentation not in accordance with the principles laid down in this declaration should not be accepted for publication"[ 3, 4].
This declaration does not pass judgment on either the revolutionaries or the counter-revolutionaries. Celebrate, don't betray, your passion!
We should be wary, nonetheless, that this declaration does not end up as just being lip-service, as some co-sponsors of the initiative do not necessarily practice what they preach.
That said, this declaration is not legally binding".
But the diplomats who drafted this declaration may not have realized how challenging that would be.
This declaration did not come about through an act of generosity or stirrings of conscience over the bitter fate of the Jewish people.
