The City College of New York, part of the City University of New York (United States) invites submissions for its Second?Critical Perspectives on?Human Rights Conference, that will take place from 20 - 22 April 2022.?
How do human rights work in a world that is both territorialized in sovereign states and deterritorialized through global capitalism? This conference?seeks to interrogate the complex relationships that exist between political and economic power, on the one hand, and rights claims, on the other. In what ways are rights, as codified in international law, the product of postwar world order, and how are they challenged—or supported by—neoliberal economic norms, policies, and modes of governance?? Do rights limit or undermine contemporary forms of domination, or do they perhaps legitimize them and even forestall alternative projects? In other words, can rights have a transformative impact in the age of neoliberalism? In what ways do rights discourse, law, and human rights practice reproduce or challenge social hierarchies of class, geography, and legal status, as well as ability, gender, race, and sexuality?
The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2021. For more information click .
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