CFP: Human Rights and Justice

Submission deadline: November 14, 2014

Conference date(s):
June 8, 2015 - June 10, 2015

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Conference Venue:

Human Rights SectionTh, International Studies Association
The Hague, Netherlands

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Theme: Human Rights and Justice
Type: 4th Joint Conference
Institution: Human Rights Section, International Studies Association
(ISA)
   Human Rights Section, American Political Science Association (APSA)
   Human Rights Research Committee, International Political Science
Association (IPSA)
   Standing Group on Human Rights and Transitional Justice, European
Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
   The Hague Institute for Global Justice
Location: The Hague (Netherlands)
Date: 8.–10.6.2015
Deadline: 14.11.2014

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The human rights sections of the International Studies Association,
the American Political Science Association, the European Consortium
for Political Research, the International Political Science
Association are pleased to announce the fourth joint international
conference on human rights, on the theme “Human Rights and Justice”
to take place 8-10 June 2015 at The Hague Institute for Global
Justice. The conference will take place immediately before the annual
meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (11 – 13
June), also in The Hague.

Contemporary human rights research and promotion encompasses the
application and implementation of international human rights norms,
standards as well as legal and political binding treaties. Yet, this
is only one side of the coin of what we often claim human rights to
achieve: justice. Apart from being a complex concept based on human
rights and the rule of law, justice is closely linked to the full
development, promotion and fulfilment of human rights and people. It
moreover depends on the procedures of good governance and equal
access mechanisms installed that can realize justice on a daily
basis. Justice is a general notion that can be achieved through, i.e.
a human rights based approach or legal and political instruments and
mechanism.

This joint conference will ask researchers and policymakers from
academia, think tanks, IOs and NGOs to deal with various aspects of
justice and human rights. Papers should highlight how and to what
extent human rights in all aspects and levels of governance, law and
decision making allow or deny access to justice. This may include
questions regarding whether and to what extent the international
human rights regime can address adequately the challenges of human
rights implementation and justice, as well as how regional, national,
and local mechanisms may address human rights challenges. Paper and
panel proposals that also address the issues such as climate justice,
transitional justice or cyber justice as well as access to justice
and global distributive justice are welcome. Some of the questions to
be addressed at the conference include:

- Are human rights and justice always compatible?
- How do we conceptualize the relationship between human rights and
  justice?
- What role does global distributive justice play in advancing human
  rights?
- How do we ensure that domestic justice systems address a wide range
  of human rights issues?
- Are international justice institutions (e.g. International Criminal
  Court, European Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Court, African
  Court on Human and People’s Rights) adequate for addressing human
  rights issues?
- How have norms regarding justice and human rights evolved?

The conference format will be a mixture of small panels with plenary
keynote sessions. We hope that small panels will facilitate
discussion and interchange among the participants, and the overall
conference format will contribute to an intimate and relaxed
experience.

Consideration will be given to publishing an edited volume with some
of the papers from the conference.

Submissions will open shortly. Please note that proposals must relate
to the theme of the conference in some manner to be considered. Each
full panel proposal should include exactly 4 papers plus a chair and
discussant. The deadline for submissions is 14 November 2014.
Notification of acceptances will be sent by e-mail by 20 December
2014.

A link to the submission system will be found here by mid-September:
http://global-human-rights.org/HRJ.html

This conference is being held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting
of the Academic Council on the United Nations System, which will have
as its theme “The United Nations at 70: Guaranteeing Security and
Justice.” Individuals registering for one conference will be eligible
for a 20% discount on registration for the other conference. More
information will be provided.

Organized by:
Human Rights Section, International Studies Association (ISA)
Human Rights Section, American Political Science Association (APSA)
Human Rights Research Committee, International Political Science
Association (IPSA)
Standing Group on Human Rights and Transitional Justice, European
Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)

In association with:
The Hague Institute for Global Justice (THIGJ)
Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)
International Human Rights Law Interest Group, European Society of
International Law (ESIL)
Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Interest Group, American Society
of International Law (ASIL)

Conference Chairs
Anja Mihr, The Hague Institute for Global Justice & Utrecht University
Kurt Mills, University of Glasgow

Program Committee
Alison Brysk, University of California, Santa Barbara
Melissa Labonte, Fordham University

For more information please contact:

Program: [email protected]
Registration: [email protected]
Other conference questions: [email protected]

Conference website:
http://global-human-rights.org/HRJ.html

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