Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Network HDR and ECR Symposium (IHRL Interest Group)

Call for Papers: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Network HDR and ECR Work in Progress Symposium; 3 November 2025 – in person (University of Technology Sydney) and online

Hosted by the ESCR Network Australia Aotearoa/New Zealand and the ANZSIL International Human Rights Interest Group

The ESCR Network Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand invites HDR and ECRs (in Australia, NZ and the broader region) to present their work in progress at a symposium/workshop hosted at the UTS Faculty of Law (and online).  Participants will receive constructive comments on their draft work from leading ESCR scholars including Paul Hunt (former UN Special Rapporteur on Health and NZ Human Rights Commissioner); Prof Beth Goldblatt; Dr. David Birchall; A/Prof Genevieve Wilkinson; Prof Jacqui Mowbray Prof Jessie Hohmann and Dr. Lida Ayoubi.

Paul Hunt will also give a talk on Decolonising Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.  Professor Hunt’s talk is open to all and further details will be shared with our networks shortly.

Work on any aspect of economic, social and cultural rights is welcome, and might be a draft thesis chapter, article, contribution to an edited book, policy, or engagement piece, which should be at a stage of development where comments and feedback are useful to the author.  LLM by Research and PhD students at all stages of their candidacy, as well as ECRs (self-defined) are warmly invited to participate. 

The Call for Papers is now closed.  For further information see here or contact jessie.hohmann@uts.edu.au.

Jessie, Genevieve, Beth, and Lida