BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:www-humanrights-fau-de//Events//DE VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for papers | Conference 'Rising Socio-Economic Inequaliti es: The Potential and Limits of Law' UID:7fbc-9bd8-3e69-10899@www.humanrights.fau.de DESCRIPTION:Conference & Call for papers Call for submissions –\; ‘Socio-economic Inequalities and Poverty Discrimination’ –\; 20 July 2025 The Socio-economic Inequalities and Poverty Discriminati on Working Group (SEIPD) and the Global Centre for Democratic Constitu tionalism invite scholars and practitioners to submit contributions to the group’s inaugural conference on 3 October 2025\, to be held at the Faculty of Laws of University College London\, United Kingdom. The inaugural conference will provide a unique opportunity to gather lead ing scholars and practitioners from different fields to debate the cen tral but often neglected theme of socioeconomic inequalities and pover ty discrimination. Conference theme: ‘Rising Socio-economic Inequal ities: the Potential and Limits of Law’ Rising socio-economic inequa lities point to the growing disparity between the development of dome stic and international legal standards and the lived realities of soci o-economic distribution. Although progress can be observed in the fig ht against absolute poverty\, recent crises—including the COVID-19 pandemic\, long-lasting economic crises\, and the severe consequences of climate change—have stalled these efforts and contributed to a re surgence of rising inequalities. These crises particularly affect mi ddle- and low-income individuals and families\, presenting severe cha llenges to those already in poverty\, as well as disparately affecting vulnerable groups through intersectional disadvantages. At the same time\, crises often present opportunities for the extremely rich to ac cumulate wealth\, benefiting from tax cuts\, bailouts\, crisis-relate d business  opportunities\, and various forms of financial speculatio n. In this context\, basic goods essential for the subsistence of indi viduals and their families become increasingly inaccessible as part o f a fluctuating market whose forces are idealised as natural or inevi table. Housing\, food\, water\, education\, and other fundamental righ ts becom DTSTART:20251003T000000Z DTEND:20251003T193000Z LOCATION:UCL Faculty of Laws\nUniversity College London\, Gower Stree t\, London\, WC1E 6BT Tel: +44 (0) 20 7679 2000\nhttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/  DTSTAMP:20260314T110205Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR