Date: 28-31 July 2025
Winter School and Conference on Constitutionalism in Africa
Venue: Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Presented by: The Faculty of Law, University of the Free State (UFS) and the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers (ANCL)
From 21-22 October 2024, the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the NRF Chair in International Constitutionalism, the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State, and the African Network for Constitutional Lawyers, hosted the highly anticipated Comparative Constitutionalism in Africa Conference. This event honoured the distinguished scholarship of Prof. Charles Manga Fombad, a globally respected expert in comparative constitutional law.
Held in a hybrid format at the University of Pretoria’s Future Africa campus, the conference attracted over 100 in-person participants and numerous online attendees, including academics, human rights advocates, policy experts, and students.
Over two days, lively discussions unfolded on Prof. Fombad’s influential work and the broader developments within African constitutionalism.
10th STIAS Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA 2023)
The Tenth STIAS Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA 2023) will take place in Stellenbosch (South Africa) from Tuesday 19 to Friday 22 September 2023.
SASC cordially invites you to their 10th Anniversary under the theme "Celebrating Ten Years of Scholarly Dialogue on Constitutionalism in Africa"
19 September 2023
Venue: Auditorium, STIAS Wallenberg Research Centre
Call for papers for the IACL conference on “The relationship between democracy and systems of government” in Baghdad, 19-20 January 2024.
Conference theme
Against the backdrop of recent challenges that democratic systems have faced in different parts of the world, this conference will focus on the evolving relationship between democracy and systems of government. In particular, the conference will focus on how democratic institutions have performed when faced with recent challenges, and what can be learned from recent trends.