Chairs
Marek Zubik marek.zubik@wp.pl
Merris Amos m.e.amos@qmul.ac.uk

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides that ‘All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.’ Reflecting this, the idea of social justice enshrines the fair and just distribution of resources, opportunities and privileges within a society.

Around the world, constitutions are used to create frameworks to deliver social justice by guaranteeing and promoting fairness, equality, the protection of human rights and accountability. In this Workshop, we welcome papers on the broad theme of social justice in 21st Century constitutionalism. Papers may address one or more of the following topics, although this is not an exhaustive list:

• Social justice and constitutional design including post-conflict constitutionalism. The role of international law and institutions in securing social justice at the national level.
• Threats to social justice posed by democratic decline.
• Securing social justice outside of the constitution and the state.
• The experience of social justice for migrants, refugees and stateless persons.
• The role of constitutional actors in securing social justice and entrenching social injustice.
• Constitutional social justice: a challenge to or enabler of capitalism?
• Overcoming poverty: the role of the constitution and constitutional actors.
• Social justice and the digital state.
• LGBTQ+ rights in modern constitutions.
• The right to a clean and healthy environment: social justice or social injustice?
• Constitutional recognition of the rights of indigenous people.