Call for Papers: Absolute Rights under the ECHR at State Borders

9/10 November 2026, Nuremberg

How absolute are absolute rights under the ECHR – especially at state borders? Organised by the Chair for Human Rights and Migration Law at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (Prof. Dr. Grażyna Baranowska) with Ass. Prof. Dr Vladislava Stoyanova as the keynote speaker. The workshop will explore the role of absolute rights – particularly under Article 3 ECHR – in the context of migration, pushbacks, and border violence, against the backdrop of pending Grand Chamber cases on the EU-Belarus border. We welcome contributions from researchers at all career stages, including early-career researchers.

Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 10 May 2026. All information can be found in the call.