The membership of the Committee on International Freedom of Scientists consists of nine (9) persons selected by the Committee on Committees and appointed by the President-Elect to staggered three-year terms. The President-Elect appoints the Chair from among the members. This Committee is responsible for monitoring concerns regarding human rights for scientists throughout the world. It apprises the President, the Board and Council of problems encountered by scientists in the pursuit of their scientific interests or in effecting satisfactory communication with other scientists and may recommend to the President and Council appropriate courses of action designed to alleviate such problems.
Chair:
Shelly R. Lesher
(01/18 - 12/18)
Univ of Wisconsin, LaCrosse
Past Chair:
Don A Howard
(01/18 - 12/18)
Univ of Notre Dame
Member:
Joel L Lebowitz
(01/16 - 12/18)
Rutgers Univ
Member:
Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan
(01/18 - 12/20)
Univ of Waterloo
Member: Robert S French (01/17 - 12/19)
Member:
Christopher Watson
(01/18 - 12/20)
Stanford Univ
Member:
Lucas F Hackl
(01/17 - 12/19)
Pennsylvania State Univ
Member:
Petr Navratil
(01/18 - 12/20)
TRIUMF
Member:
Prof Usha Mallik
(01/16 - 12/18)
Univ of Iowa
Member:
Vladimir Mirnov
(01/16 - 12/18)
Univ of Wisconsin, Madison
Fundamental Human Rights & Freedoms
Learn about the principal guaranteed rights and freedoms. This guide was prepared by CIFS member The Hon. Robert French AC.
Human Rights & Freedoms
Poster
Learn about the Committee's work
CIFS Poster
Cases
Read about some of the human rights cases that CIFS monitors.
CIFS Human Rights Cases
CIFS in APS News
CIFS Briefs, June 2017
CIFS Briefs, August/September 2016
CIFS Briefs, January 2016
CIFS Briefs, March 2015
"Retrial Granted to Jailed Iranian Physicist," November 2014
CIFS Briefs, July 2014
CIFS Briefs, January 2014
CIFS Briefs, October 2013
CIFS Briefs, June 2013
CIFS Briefs, January 2013
CIFS Briefs, August/September 2012
CIFS Briefs, May 2012
Human Rights
Resources & Links
Senior Staff
Amy Flatten, APS
flatten@aps.org
Committee Administrator
Michele Irwin, APS
irwin@aps.org