November 24 2021 - November 26 2021

The fifth annual conference of the Law and Development Research Network (LDRN) will be hosted online by the Nelson Mandela University Faculty of Law, South Africa, on 24 – 26 November 2021. The theme of the conference is “Beyond the Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities for Law and Development”

The conference will be organized along two tracks: one general conceptual track, and one thematic track. In the thematic track,seven sub-streams are proposed:  (1) governance, human rights, and the rule of law ; (2) global health and access to health care services; (3) environment, sustainable development and climate change; (4) the law of the sea and development; (5) land; (6) human mobility and social protection; (7) international economic law and development finance.

The deadline for abstracts and panel proposals is 15 September, and selection decisions will be communicated by 15 October.

Download the call of papers here.

More information about the conference can be found here.