At the same time, the year 2024 marks forty years since the Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace (A/RES/39/11, 11 November 1984) and the preparation for the International Year of Peace and Confidence, 2025 (A/RES/78/266), both resolutions being directly linked to the development of human rights in an environment of awareness-raising for peace against violence.
Considering the current moment of global political instability with repercussions in all areas of the social and intellectual domain, it is proposed to hold the “Conference on the Right of Peoples to Peace”, allowing a broad debate on issues related to the theme, such as, for example, the culture of peace, the sense of peace in a restricted system, human rights, democracy and governance, documentation and methods, education, etc.
moderator – Prof. Dr. Alex Sander Pires, Autonomous University of Lisbon and Chair-Elect of RC26 IPSA
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Patrice Vahard, Director of BCNUDH – BUREAU CONJOINT DES NATIONS UNIES AUX DROITS DE L'HOMME
speaker – Prof. Dr. Anju Gupta, JECRC University and Member of RC26 IPSA Board — Women's rights and gender equality in South Asia
speaker – Prof. Dr. Alexandre Miguel Mestre, Autonomous University of Lisbon — Olympic truce and the peace of peoples
speaker – Prof. Carlos Imbrosio Filho, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa — From right to peace to R2P: bridging aspirations and obligations in preventing atrocities and nuclear catastrophes
speaker – Prof. Dr. Deepak Mewada, JECRC University — Human Rights Day: Reflecting on progress and challenges
speaker – Dr. Furqan Ahmed, South Asia Research Institute for Minorities and Secretary of RC26 IPSA Board — Religious Nationalism as a Threat to the Right to Peace in Digital Spaces: Defending Minorities on Social Media
speaker – Prof. Dr. Jedrzej Skrzypczak, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and Chair of RC26 IPSA — The right of people to peace in the pre-war period: 40th anniversary of UND Declaration
speaker – Prof. Dr. José António Frías Montoya, University of Salamanca — Documentation in Human Rights
speaker – Prof. Dr. Lier Pires Ferreira, State University of Rio de Janeiro — Peace in times of hegemonic rupture
speaker – Prof. Dr. Oscar Perez de la Fuente, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Vice-Chair of RC26 IPSA—Peace, war, law and Politics