CALL FOR PAPERS: ACCESS TO JUSTICE
THE ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT
FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, DECEMBER 19-20, 2012
The Alexandria University Faculty of Law and The Protection Project at The Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies are pleased to invite scholars and professionals to submit proposals
for the fifth annual conference titled “Access to Justice,” which will take place on December 19-20, 2012 at
the Helnan Palestine Hotel in Alexandria, Egypt.
The conference will bring together professors of law, religion, and social sciences and representatives from
NGOs and other elements of civil society to discuss a broad array of topics related to access to justice. AUFL
welcomes paper submissions from all disciplines on topics including but not limited to:
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Transitional Justice and the Reconciliation Committees
Civil Society and Protection of Victims of Human Rights Abuses
Right to Remedies
International Justice and the World Trade Organization
Individual Complaints to United Nations Committees
Access to Justice in the Arab Charter of Human Rights
Gender Equality in Access to Justice
Right to Legal Aid
Law Clinics
Pro Bono Work, Volunteering
International Criminal Court
Access to Justice in the National Court System
Access to Justice in Suing Corporations
Access to Justice in Suing the State (Sovereign Immunity)
European Court of Human Rights
African Court of Justice and Human Rights
International Court of Justice
Class Actions
Islamic Hesba Law
The Traditional Justice System
Justice Delayed as Justice Denied
Statute of Limitations
Please submit paper abstracts (300-500 words) and author biographies electronically by August 13, 2012. You
will be notified if you have been selected to submit a full paper within two weeks (August 27). Full papers
should be between 5,000-7,000 words, excluding notes and bibliography and must be submitted by September
24, 2012. Authors selected to present will be notified no later than October 8, 2012. Their works will be
published in the annual Law Review of the Alexandria University Faculty of Law. Abstracts and papers may
be submitted in English, Arabic, or French and must be sent by email to Ms. Julia Braunmiller, Director of
Legal Affairs at The Protection Project (jcbraunmiller@jhu.edu).