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Call for Papers Theme: Legal Cultures in Support of The Jurisprudence of Humanity Type: 2nd International Conference on Human Rights and Cultures Institution: Non-Aligned Movement Center for Human Rights and Cultural Diversity (NAMCHRCD) Irish Center for Human Rights Location: Tehran (Iran) Date: 12.–14.11.2012 Deadline: 15.6.2012 __________________________________________________ Law reflects the culture of a given society, and thus reception in another culture is not possible, because law is a product of that society and of its particular attributes or idiosyncrasies, like other institutions such as language, family, religion and so on. The world's legal diversity is a source of strength. More cooperation between legal practitioners and scholars from different cultures, exchanges of experience and judicial training, cause to the strength and the mutual trust among these different legal cultures. We can indeed bring these different legal cultures together without eliminating the differences. The way legal cultures contribute to the right to a fair trial and to the administration of justice in a normative and practical manner, requires further exploration. Under the heading "Unifying Diverse Cultures towards the Enrichment of the Universality of Human Rights", the Non-Aligned Movement Center for Human Rights and Cultural Diversity (NAMCHRCD) will hold its second international conference on human rights and cultures under the title of “Legal Cultures in Support of the Jurisprudence of Humanity”, an academic forum for scholars and practitioners all over the world. The aim is to arrive at a shared idea, experience and understanding of the historical role and contemporary capabilities of public and private legal cultures on the following sub-topics: - Shaping the ideas or concepts behind human rights law and humanitarian law principles on issues related to right to fair trial, such as, equality, non-discrimination and presumption of innocence - Criminal Justice, Criminal law, Criminal policy, Crimes and Punishments - Family law and laws protecting women, children, minorities, the disabled, the elderly, poor, migrant workers and other vulnerable - Human rights law and humanitarian law jurisprudence - Sanctions in human rights law and law of armed conflicts Candidate authors are cordially invited to forward the abstract of their papers in English (approx. 250- 500 words) in Microsoft Word format, to the following address: [email protected] by the deadline of 15 June 2012 along with an autobiography (maximum up to 300 words). The Secretariat will review the abstracts for the Conference and will subsequently request the authors of selected abstracts to email their papers by the deadline of 12 August 2012 for the final review. It should be noted that the admission of an abstract does not necessarily imply the admission of a paper. The Secretariat would request authors to prepare papers exclusively for this conference, in the sense that they are not previously published or presented in other fora. The Secretariat will provide the opportunity for the authors to present the paper during the conference either by poster or by presentation. NAMCHRCD would be pleased to provide the authors of the admitted papers with accommodation, transportation and meals in Tehran during their stay at the conference. A limited amount of funding is provided for covering flight expenses of some authors of best accepted papers coming from developing countries. Applicants who require financial assistance should inform the secretariat in advance. Registration Requirements only for Participants (not for speakers and authors of the papers): Filled in Application Form - Please contact: [email protected] Registration Deadline: Wednesday, 16 November 2012 The Secretariat will provide visa support to non-Iranian citizens where applications are made before 7 October 2012. Fees: To be paid to the Secretariat before the conference starts - 210$ registration fee & 40–70 $ for each night accommodation + 50 $ & for each way transportation from or to the airport - Participants traveling from NAM member countries to Iran are exempted from registration fee and 4 nights accommodation fee Languages: The working language of the event is English and upon the allocation of sufficient budget, simultaneous translation in Persian and other languages of the NAM region will be available. Venue: Iranian Centre for International Conferences, Tehran Updated list of speakers, selected papers and additional information will be available at: www.namchrcd.com Contact: Dr. Kamran Hashemi Non-Aligned Movement Center for Human Rights and Cultural Diversity (NAMCHRCD) Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.namchrcd.com/conferenceNovember2012.aspx __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
