The conference will take place in Ghent, Belgium on 8. December 2026. Voices, Rights and Justice in Africa remain highly relevant today due to ongoing challenges related to human rights, environmental rights, rights to health and education, access to legal systems, etc. accross the continent. Studying these issues academically will inform policymaking, activism, and international engagement to promote accountability, equity, and sustainable development in African societies.
The conference encourages cross-disciplinary and innovative approaches to the following sub-themes:
- Human rights
- Right to health
- Land rights
- Environmental justice
- Indigenous rights
- Linguistic rights
- Migration, climate risk an socio-economic rights
- Inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches to the study of Voices, Rights and Justice in Africa
In addition to abstract submissions for full papers, the symposium also welcomes submissions for populated round tables, panels, writeshops or workshops, with testimonies on specific cases or with a focus on the sharing of expertise.
Abstracts should be submitted by E-Mail before 1. June 2026.
Further Information can be found here.