World Human Rights Cities Forum 2026 will be held from May 13 to 15 at the Kimdaejung Convention Center, under the theme Human Rights Cities Against Authoritarianism and Populism. To find out more about the background of this year’s theme and the main discussion agenda, click on the link below.
Call for Papers for the Human Rights Paper Session
(Deadline: March 12)
World Human Rights Cities Forum invites abstract submissions for the Human Rights Paper Session under the theme Human Rights Cities Against Authoritarianism and Populism. Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to present their papers at the Forum. Additionally, following the presentation, selected authors will have an opportunity to submit their full papers to the Nordic Journal of Human Rights, published by the Norwegian Center for Human Rights. Please note that the submissions must be in English. For detailed guidelines and the submission timeline, kindly refer to the official announcement below.