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. Key dates:

Please submit a 300 word abstract of your proposed Work in Progress and a 150 word bio by 20^th of September.

• Acceptances will be conveyed by the 1^st of October.
• Draft papers for comment will be required by 15^th October.
• Accepted participants will also be asked to provide a 1000-2000 word precis of their paper by 15th October.  The precis is designed to generate informed discussion amongst all participants in the Symposium.

Call for Papers also available here.  We look forward to receiving your abstracts at jessie.hohmann@uts.edu.au

Jessie, Genevieve, Beth, and Lida