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2025 Annual Conference

We are pleased to announce that the 14th Annual Conference of the Society will take place on 17-18 October 2025, in Maputo, Mozambique. The theme of this year's conference is "Africa, Culture, and International Law".

AGendA

Friday, 17 october 2025

8.30-9.30 AM

REGISTRATION

9.30-10.00 AM

Professor, University of Geneva, Sciences Po

Former Judge, International Court of Justice

opening ceremony

10:00–10:45 AM

keynote speech

10:45–11:15 AM

Coffee Break & Conference Photo

11:15 AM–12:15 pM

PANEL I: State Responsibility & Legal Pathways for RestItution of African Art & Artifacts

12:15–1:15 pM

LUNCH

1:15–2:15 pM

PANEL II: Cultural Heritage Under Seige: Protection Against Conflicts, Climate Change, & Illicit Trafficking

2:15–2:45 pM

Coffee Break

2:45–4:00 pM

PANEL III: Traditional Knowledge, Indigenous Practices, Innovation & Africa’s IP Landscape

4:15–5:00 pM

PANEL III: Traditional Knowledge, Indigenous Practices, Innovation & Africa’s IP Landscape

5:00- 6:00 pM

PANEL IV: Cultural Rights As Human Rights: African Perspectives

6:30 pM

Cocktail Reception & 2025 Award for Excellence in International Law & Practice

Saturday, 18 october 2025

8.30-9.30 AM

Young Scholars’ Roundtable

9:30–10:30 AM

PANEL V: One Continent, Many Voices: Conversation On Culture & African Regional Integration

10:30-10:45 AM

Coffee Break & Conference Photo

10:45-11:30 AM

Keynote Speech

11:30–12:30 pM

PANEL VI: Decolonizing Museums

12:30–1:30 pM

LUNCH

1:30–2:30 pM

Roundtable On Africa & The Culture Of International Law

2:30–3:00 pM

CLOSING CEREMONY: Legacies And Horizons: Concluding Reflections On Africa, Culture, And International Law

speakers

Confirmed speakers include Judge Dire Tladi (ICJ), Ambassador Namira Negm (African Migration Observatory), Prof. Makane Moïse Mbengue (University of Genega), Mr. Edward Kwakwa (WIPO), Dr. Webber Ndoro (ICESCO), and Prof. Helene Tigroudja (Human Rights Committee) and more than 30 authors presenting their key insights from papers addressing the topic of Africa, Culture and International Law from a broad spectrum of perspectives.”

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Previous Events

Previous Events

2023

THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

2022

THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

2021

International Trade Law 

2020

COVID-19, International Law

2019

International Environmental Law

2017

Natural Resources

2018

Law of the Sea

2016

Foreign Investment and International Investment Law

2027

upcoming event

2026

upcoming event

2025

upcoming event

2024

ENERGY TRANSITION

2015

The Contribution of Regional Courts to the Development of International Law

2014

International Criminal Law

2013

Disputes Resolution in International Law

2012

Creation of State in International Law
Publications
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Publications

The Society has had an annual conference every year over the past ten years. Each conference has led to the development of a publication of some of the papers presented at the annual conference. These include:

Our activities

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