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The National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU) was established in 1987 and is a premier institution for legal excellence in India. The University has remained the undoubted leader in legal education and research in India and has been ranked first among Law Universities in the Ministry of Human Resource Development’s National Institute Ranking Framework for the last six years.
Oxford Human Rights Hub is based in the University of Oxford Faculty of Law and is directed by Professor Sandra Fredman, the Rhodes Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the USA. The Hub is managed by a team of dedicated academics and students. It aims to bring together academics, practitioners, and policy-makers from across the globe to advance the understanding and protection of human rights and equality. Through the vigorous exchange of ideas and resources, we strive to facilitate a better understanding of human rights principles, to develop new approaches to policy, and to influence the development of human rights law and practice.
The eleventh annual conference of the UC Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti- Discrimination Law (BCCE) will be jointly hosted by the National Law School of India University and the Oxford Human Rights Hub. The Conference will be held at the National Law School of India University Bengaluru (India) from 26 to 28 July 2024.
What Are The Details Of The Event?
- Theme: Comparative Equality And Anti-Discrimination
- Objective: The aim of the conference is to explore whether and how equality law can take the next step forward and offer insights and remedies to contemporary global challenges.
- Date of the event: 26th-28th July 2024
- Venue: National Law School Of India University, Bengaluru, India
- Eligibility: Submissions are invited from scholars working in law and allied disciplines of social sciences and humanities.
- Registration Fee:
- 400 USD for participants outside India and INR 6000 for persons from India
- The conference organizers will not cover travel and accommodation.
- Fee waiver may be considered subject to availability of funds. Those wishing to apply for it are required to submit a statement indicating why they require a full or partial waiver.
- Submission Guidelines:
- Please send the abstract via email at: tooxfordhumanrightshub@law.ox.ac.uk
- Abstracts should not exceed 500 words and clearly indicate how your paper fits the theme of the conference, the objectives of the paper and its methodology. Please include a brief biography of maximum 100 words which is suitable for publication on the conference website, including affiliation, your email-address and a link to online bio, if available.
- Panel submissions should include a title and an abstract for the entire panel as well as titles, abstracts, and author information for all papers. Each panel should contain between three and four papers. The panel can be submitted by any of the authors.
- Selection criteria of abstract:
- Abstracts will be assessed based on:
- Originality and innovative nature of the work
- Relevance to the conference themes and subthemes.
- Abstracts should:
- comply with the 500-word count
- comply with the 100-word biography
- Include a title
- 5 keywords
- The abstracts will be assessed by the Conference committee, which consists of:
- Meghan Campbell (University of Birmingham)
- Aparna Chandra (NLSIU)
- Salmoli Choudhuri (NLSIU)
- Sandra Fredman (Oxford University)
- David Oppenheimer (Berkeley)
- Kamala Sankaran (NLSIU)
- Arun K Thiruvengadam (NLSIU)
- Pranav Verma (NLSIU)
- Abstracts will be assessed based on:
- Important Dates:
- Submission of Abstracts:1 December 2023.
- The abstracts will be reviewed, and invitations will be sent in February 2024.
- Full papers or presentations: 1 July 2024 from authors whose abstracts are selected. Full papers will be made available to the participants of the conference. Subject to prior approval from authors, their papers and presentations may be posted on the conference website.
For More Information:
Please send any queries relating to the Conference to oxfordhumanrightshub@law.ox.ac.uk
CLICK HERE For the Brochure
CLICK HERE To Visit NLSIU Website
CLICK HERE To Visit Oxford Human Rights Hub Website
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