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Call For Abstracts \;
\nHuman Rights: Grounds\, Substance\, Protection
\nMANCEPT Workshops\, Sept 9-11\, 2020
\nConvenors: \;Ruxandra Ivanescu (Manchester) \;and \;Davide Pala (Manchester)
\n\nHuman rights play a pivotal role in contemporary political discourse. They are indeed usually invoked to stress that every individual is owed a certain kind of treatment as a matter of basic or fundamental justice. The violation of these rights\, therefore\, signals that a very serious injustice has been committed. Recently\, for instance\, human rights have been employed to denounce the situation of citizens of war-torn countries such as Syria\, the criminalisation of LGBT individuals \;qua \;LGBT individuals in some Eastern European countries\, the severe poverty and famine suffered by people in developing countries\, as well as the significant effects of climate change on its victims. In addition to this\, we&rsquo\;re also currently facing a global emergency\, that is\, the COVID-19 pandemic\, which arguably puts the human rights of many people across the globe at great risk. \;
\nWhile many political philosophers would likely agree that the cases above uncover human rights violations\, they would disagree\, at a fundamental level\, about issues such as the origins of these rights\, their exact content\, and about who has to do what when it comes to their protection\, etc. More specifically\, philosophical disagreement about human rights can cover the following questions:
\nOur panel aims at bringing together scholars who work on human rights from a broad range of perspectives\, and at furthering the debates that surround them. We therefore welcome contributions that address\, but are not limited to\, the questions above.
\n\nSubmission Guidelines
\nPlease submit a 500-words abstract of your paper prepared for blind-review by the 25th May 2020. We aim to respond within two weeks. All abstracts and enquiries about the workshop should be sent to mancepthumanrights2020@gmail.com
\nWe aim to allow for 25 minutes per presentation and 25 minutes for Q&\;A.
\n\n\nWe look forward to reading your abstracts and please contact us if you have any questions!
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