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Over the last decades, civil society organisations have significantly contributed to give universal values and norms a more salient position within the international political system. However, such a contribution is now widely defied by current global developments that are changing the state-civil society mutual relationship. The enduring phase of human rights regression, democratic backsliding, widespread conflict, and worsening climate crisis have been accompanied by a reorientation of the international system towards Westphalian power politics, which constitutes a fundamental challenge to civil society’s capacity to fulfil its consolidated role. More specifically, while NGOs, social movements and individual advocates are notably facing raising governmental pressures and intimidation to act domestically, such daunting historical phase is also affecting the global dimension of civil society’s engagement, challenging its expected positive impact on the multilateral regimes for international human rights law, international democracy, and peace.
This International Conference aims to take stock of the current state of health of transnational bottom-up actions, proposals and strategies to support these regimes, their norms, values and institutions. To this end, the event seeks to gather scholars and doctoral students from different disciplinary perspectives, as well as experts and practitioners at all levels of governance, to exchange their perspectives and critical views on the following underlying questions:
18/6/2024
Università degli Studi di Padova
Centro di Ateneo per i Diritti Umani
"Antonio Papisca"
Complesso Universitario
Via Beato Pellegrino, 28
35137 Padova
Tel 049 827 1813 / 1817
Posta elettronica
centro.dirittiumani@unipd.it
Posta certificata
centro.dirittiumani@pec.unipd.it
Università degli Studi di Padova
Centro di Ateneo per i Diritti Umani
"Antonio Papisca"
Complesso Universitario
Via Beato Pellegrino, 28
35137 Padova
Tel 049 827 1813 / 1817
Posta elettronica
centro.dirittiumani@unipd.it
Posta certificata
centro.dirittiumani@pec.unipd.it
© Università degli Studi di Padova - Credits: HCE Web agency