Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Recommendation #25 par. 59 (2020)

Text of the recommendation

59. In some cases, scientific research conducted or financed by private actors can create conflicts of interests, for instance, when business corporations support research related to the type of economic activities in which they are involved, as happened in the past with some tobacco companies. Mechanisms should be established for the disclosure of these actual or perceived conflicts of interest.