Call for Paper: The Colloquium(A Virtual International Conference) | NMIMS School of Law, Navi Mumbai

NMIMS, SCHOOL OF LAW, NAVI MUMBAI invites students and faculty from around the globe to participate in “The Colloquium”, which is an international conference wherein students and faculty shall be provided with the opportunity to present their articles or research papers on the specified theme. Selected papers shall be published in NMIMS, Navi Mumbai`s law journal.

Theme: “Civil and Social Rights”

Humanity has persevered through long years of arduous and often violent demands to be guaranteed an internationally recognised set of universal rights that pander to the social and civil liberties of lawful citizens. Civil and Social Rights have effectively come to be the central focus of democratic societies which are built on the values of liberty, equality, and fraternity.

International conventions and domestic constitutions have, for long, provided many evolving Civil and Social Rights, however, violations of such rights have been pivotal to legal, political, and social discourse since time immemorial.

It is civil society’s continuing endeavour to guarantee these rights to its every citizen. It is the challenge in this endeavour that keeps the politico-legal sphere in our society in constant motion. “The Colloquium” is SOL, N.M.I.M.S. Navi Mumbai’s contribution to the same

Sub-themes

Slavery

a.         Human trafficking and slavery in the 21st century

b.         Rights against the involvement of child soldiers in militia

c.         The nexus between poverty and slavery in the modern world

Civil and Social Rights in a Pandemic

a.         Compromise on Right to Health (eg. during the COVID-19 pandemic)

b.         Issues in emergency e-learning in the COVID-19 pandemic

c.         COVID-19 as a great economic equalizer?

d.         Disability during a pandemic

Religion and Law

a.         Right to Atheism: The newest religion is no religion

b.         Artificial Intelligence and the Right to Religion

c.         Right against genocide (International legal norms)

Rights of Prisoners

a.         Rights of prisoners during a pandemic

b.         The anti-poor bail system and the civil rights of economically weak citizens

c.         Right of the detained and prisoners against police brutality

Civil and Social Rights on the Internet and Right to Privacy

a.         Mass surveillance and the right to privacy

b.         Basic civil and social rights in the electronic realm

c.         Right to be forgotten as a civil/social right

d.         Predictive analytics on social media and the Right to Privacy

Sex and Sexuality as Civil Rights

a.         Sex work in law and society

b.         Non-binary rights (eg. 7 years since NALSA v. UOI)

c.         Legitimising polyamory as a civil and social right

d.         Queer families’ right to adopt

Miscellaneous

a.         Food security as a Civil and Social Right

b.         Right to bodily integrity (eg. declining motherhood)

c.         Extending Civil and Social Rights to Animals (eg. veganism)

d.         Fundamental rights mentioned in the Indian Constitution

e.         Constitutional Rights

f.          Rights mentioned under UN Charter

g.         Rights pertaining to race, caste discrimination

Any other topics pertaining to the broad theme “Civil and Social Rights” can be perused. Any sub-theme or its components can be used as prompts to indicate the political, social, legal, or environmental effects on civil and social rights.

Guidelines:

• Articles should not exceed 4000 words
• Research papers should not exceed 8000 words.
• Articles and Research papers should be preceded by an extended abstract of not more than 2000 words.
• Authors must ensure original and plagiarism free submission.
• Font Type and Size of the main text must be Times New Roman, 12.
• Font Type and Size of footnotes must be Times New Roman, 10.
• Line Spacing of the main text and footnotes must be 1.5 and 1, respectively.
• Use of headings and Sub-Headings is encouraged. Headings and Sub-Headings should be numbered, should be of the same font type and size as the main text and should be in bold.
• Plagiarism Limit: 15% or below
• Citations shall be in the format of the latest Bluebook (20^th Edition)/Chicago style of citation

Associated Submission Requirements (Mandatory):

• All authors are requested to submit a plagiarism report along with the submissions
• All selected authors shall submit a Copyright Undertaking in favour of NMIMS, Navi Mumbai for the purpose of publication of research papers

Important Dates:

15^th of February 2021 – Submission of Extended Abstract

25^th of February 2021 – Intimation of Selection of Abstracts

6^th and 7^th of March 2021 – Presentation of Selected Papers by the respective authors

31^st of March 2021 – Final submission of Selected Research Papers (for publication)

Fee* Requirements:

1. Students (Indian): Rs. 500

Students Co-Authorship (Indian, Maximum of 2 authors): Rs. 750

• Faculty (Indian): Rs. 1000

Faculty Co-Authorship (Indian, Maximum of 2 authors): Rs. 1500

• Students and Faculty (Non-Indian): $30

Students and Faculty Co-Authorship (Non-Indian, Maximum of 2 authors): $50

*Please note that fees shall be paid only by selected authors before the date of presentation. Communication of details for payment of the fees shall be done along with the intimation of selection.

Registration Link:

https://forms.gle/mvXBm1QdYYdnDfMLA

The papers to be submitted to the following email:

thecolloquium@nmims.edu.in

In case of queries and/or concerns, kindly contact:

• Yashi Raka: 8286599999
• Jayantika Sethi: 8692019557

*The presentation of papers is strictly dependent on the participants` timely submission of the extended abstract. Kindly note that no delays shall be entertained.