Where will the ICGHRRP-2026 conference be held?

The conference will take place in Abuja, NGA.

What is the primary focus of the ICGHRRP-2026?

The conference focuses on the intersection of globalization, human rights, and refugee policy.

What is the duration of the ICGHRRP-2026 conference?

The conference is scheduled to run for two days.

International Conference on Globalization, Human Rights, and Refugee Policy (ICGHRRP-2026)

Name: International Conference on Globalization, Human Rights, and Refugee Policy (ICGHRRP-2026)
Start: 2026-09-23T00:00:00Z
End: 2026-09-24T00:00:00Z
Location: Abuja

Sep 23–24, 2026Abuja, NigeriaIn-person

Registration open

The International Conference on Globalization, Human Rights, and Refugee Policy (ICGHRRP-2026) convenes in Abuja, NGA, to address the complex interplay between global interconnectedness, fundamental human rights, and the escalating challenges of refugee movements. This event offers a platform for academics, policymakers, and practitioners to dissect current trends, share research, and propose solutions to some of the most pressing humanitarian issues of our time. The conference aims to foster a deeper understanding of how globalization impacts human rights frameworks and refugee policies across diverse geopolitical landscapes.

Committees & topics

Topics
Public Policy in a Globalized Era · Globalization and Its Governance · The Global Human Rights Regime · International Refugee Policy · Transitional Justice After Conflict and Repression · Global Climate Policy · Social Justice in a Time of Inequality · International Migration Policy

Why it matters

In an era defined by rapid globalization, the protection of human rights and the management of refugee crises have become increasingly intertwined and complex. Economic, social, and political forces transcend national borders, creating both opportunities and significant challenges for vulnerable populations. This conference is crucial because it brings together diverse perspectives to analyze these intricate relationships, moving beyond nationalistic approaches to consider global responsibilities and shared solutions.

The discussions at ICGHRRP-2026 are particularly relevant given the ongoing humanitarian challenges faced by many regions. By focusing on the intersection of globalization, human rights, and refugee policy, the conference seeks to identify effective strategies for protecting displaced persons, upholding international law, and promoting more equitable global governance. The insights generated from this gathering can inform policy decisions, inspire collaborative initiatives, and ultimately contribute to more humane and sustainable responses to global displacement.

How to prepare

To effectively engage with the themes of the ICGHRRP-2026, participants should undertake a comprehensive review of contemporary globalization theories and their critiques. Understanding the economic, cultural, and political dimensions of globalization is essential for grasping its impact on human rights and refugee flows. A strong grasp of international human rights law, including key conventions and declarations, will also be critical for contributing meaningfully to discussions on policy frameworks and protection mechanisms.

Furthermore, delegates should familiarize themselves with the current state of global refugee policy, including the roles of international organizations and national governments. Analyzing case studies of successful and unsuccessful refugee integration programs, as well as examining the challenges of forced displacement in various contexts, will provide valuable context. Consideration of diverse perspectives, including those of affected communities and host nations, will be vital for a nuanced understanding of the issues at hand. Reviewing lessons such as "Engagement Strategies" and "Dynamic Analysis" can help frame approaches to these complex, multi-stakeholder issues.

Country perspectives

Where the most-relevant 3 countries stand on the core issues in play. Click through for the full country profile.

Nigeria

As a host nation for the conference and a country facing significant internal displacement and refugee influxes, NGA has a vested interest in robust refugee policies and human rights protections.

Role in topic

NGA serves as a critical regional actor in addressing migration and displacement challenges, often grappling with the complexities of internal displacement due to conflict and environmental factors, as well as hosting refugees from neighboring countries. Its perspective will highlight the practical challenges and opportunities in implementing international human rights and refugee policies on the ground.

Germany

DEU has historically been a significant recipient of refugees and has played a leading role in shaping European and international refugee policy, often advocating for humanitarian approaches.

Role in topic

DEU's experience in managing large-scale refugee arrivals and its efforts in integration policies provide a crucial perspective on the practical and ethical dimensions of refugee policy within a globalized context. Its contributions will likely focus on the balance between national sovereignty and international humanitarian obligations.

United States

The USA has a complex and evolving stance on globalization, human rights, and refugee policy, often balancing national security concerns with humanitarian ideals.

Role in topic

As a major global power and a historical destination for immigrants and refugees, the USA's policies and approaches significantly influence international norms. Its perspective will be important for understanding the geopolitical dimensions of refugee movements and the impact of national policies on global human rights frameworks.

Topics & background

The background behind each topic and the actors that shape it.

Public Policy in a Globalized Era

Public policy as a distinct field of state action emerged in the 20th century alongside the expansion of the welfare state, regulatory bureaucracies, and evidence-based governance. The post-1945 order saw governments take on increasing responsibility for economic management, social protection, and public health, while the late 20th century brought waves of privatization, deregulation, and new public management reforms. By the 2000s, transnational challenges—financial contagion, pandemics, migration, and climate change—made it clear that domestic policy could not be designed in isolation from global forces. Today, public policymakers face a layered environment in which national legislatures must coordinate with international organizations, regional blocs, subnational governments, and private actors. Debates center on regulatory capacity, the role of expertise versus populist mandates, and the tension between efficiency and equity. Recent crises—from COVID-19 to inflationary shocks—have renewed interest in industrial policy, social safety nets, and resilience planning. The core dispute is how states should balance market mechanisms with public provision, and how to make policymaking both democratically legitimate and technically sound. Questions of data governance, AI in administration, and cross-border regulatory cooperation are increasingly central.

Key players

Globalization and Its Governance

Modern globalization accelerated after 1945 with the Bretton Woods institutions, GATT, and the gradual liberalization of trade and capital. The end of the Cold War and China's 2001 accession to the WTO marked a peak of economic integration, lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty but also generating sharp inequalities within and between states. The 2008 financial crisis, followed by Brexit, U.S.–China trade tensions, COVID-19 supply-chain shocks, and the war in Ukraine, exposed the fragility of hyper-globalized production networks. The core dispute concerns whether globalization should be deepened, reformed, or partially reversed. Advocates point to gains in efficiency, technology transfer, and poverty reduction; critics emphasize labor displacement, environmental costs, tax base erosion, and strategic dependencies. Industrial policies such as the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act, the EU's Critical Raw Materials Act, and 'friend-shoring' strategies reflect a shift toward managed interdependence. Today, debates focus on reforming the WTO dispute settlement system, taxing multinational corporations under the OECD/G20 two-pillar framework, regulating digital trade, and aligning global commerce with climate goals through mechanisms like CBAM.

Key players

The Global Human Rights Regime

The modern human rights system was built on the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and codified through the 1966 ICCPR and ICESCR, followed by treaties addressing torture, racial discrimination, women's rights, and the rights of children, migrants, and persons with disabilities. The end of the Cold War expanded the agenda to include accountability for atrocity crimes, leading to the ad hoc tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda and the 1998 Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court. Despite this architecture, implementation remains uneven. The Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review provides peer scrutiny, but enforcement depends largely on state cooperation. Authoritarian backsliding, shrinking civic space, anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, surveillance technologies, and conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and Myanmar have placed the regime under severe strain. OHCHR and Special Procedures continue to document violations, but funding shortfalls and political polarization limit response. The central debate is whether human rights remain a universal floor or are increasingly contested as 'Western' impositions, and how to adapt the regime to digital-era threats, climate-driven displacement, and business-and-human-rights obligations.

Key players

International Refugee Policy

The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, administered by UNHCR, define a refugee as someone with a well-founded fear of persecution on specified grounds. The framework was designed primarily for post-WWII European displacement but has since expanded through regional instruments such as the 1969 OAU Convention and the 1984 Cartagena Declaration, which include those fleeing generalized violence. The 2018 Global Compact on Refugees sought to operationalize burden-sharing principles, but most of the world's refugees are hosted by low- and middle-income countries. As of the mid-2020s, UNHCR reports over 117 million forcibly displaced persons worldwide, driven by conflicts in Syria, Ukraine, Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Venezuela, and the Sahel. Wealthy states have increasingly pursued externalization policies—offshore processing, third-country agreements (e.g., UK–Rwanda, EU–Türkiye, EU–Tunisia), and restrictive asylum procedures—while frontline hosts demand greater financial and resettlement support. The core dispute is how to reconcile sovereign migration control with non-refoulement obligations, expand legal pathways, and address climate-driven displacement, which falls outside the 1951 Convention's protection scope.

Key players

Transitional Justice After Conflict and Repression

Transitional justice emerged as a distinct field after the democratic transitions of the 1980s and 1990s in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and South Africa. It combines criminal prosecutions, truth commissions, reparations, institutional reform, and memorialization to address legacies of mass atrocity and authoritarian rule. South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Argentina's trials of the junta, and the ICTY/ICTR tribunals shaped the modern toolkit, later codified by the UN Secretary-General's 2004 report on rule of law and transitional justice. Contemporary applications span Colombia's JEP arising from the 2016 FARC peace accord, ongoing accountability processes for Syria, Ukraine, Gambia, Tunisia, and Ethiopia, and universal-jurisdiction cases in European courts. The ICC remains central but faces criticism over selectivity, non-cooperation, and limited enforcement, especially after arrest warrants against leaders of major powers and allied states. Key debates include sequencing peace and justice, balancing amnesties with accountability, including economic and gender-based crimes, and ensuring victim-centered approaches in deeply divided societies.

Key players

Global Climate Policy

International climate policy is anchored in the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, and the 2015 Paris Agreement, which committed parties to limit warming to well below 2°C and pursue efforts toward 1.5°C through nationally determined contributions. The first Global Stocktake at COP28 in 2023 concluded that the world is significantly off track and called for 'transitioning away from fossil fuels.' COP29 in Baku set a new collective quantified goal on climate finance of USD 300 billion per year by 2035, widely criticized as insufficient by developing countries. The core disputes involve the pace of fossil fuel phase-out, the scale and structure of climate finance, the operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund agreed at COP27, equitable access to clean technology, and carbon border measures such as the EU's CBAM. The ICJ's 2024–2025 advisory proceedings on states' climate obligations, alongside ITLOS and IACtHR opinions, are reshaping the legal landscape. Climate policy increasingly intersects with trade, security, migration, and human rights, raising questions about the adequacy of existing institutions to coordinate a just transition.

Key players

International Migration Policy

Migration has long been governed by a patchwork of bilateral labor agreements, regional frameworks, and limited multilateral instruments such as the 1990 Migrant Workers Convention, which remains poorly ratified by destination states. The 2016 New York Declaration led to the 2018 Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)—the first comprehensive, non-binding framework on international migration—accompanied by the establishment of the UN Network on Migration coordinated by IOM. The 2020s have seen record movement: Venezuelans across the Americas, sub-Saharan and Middle Eastern migrants toward Europe, Rohingya across Southeast Asia, and intra-African and intra-Gulf labor flows. Destination states have responded with both expanded legal pathways and increasingly restrictive border enforcement, including externalization arrangements, deterrence at sea, and visa restrictions. Remittances—exceeding USD 850 billion in 2024—remain a critical development resource for origin countries. Central debates concern labor mobility for demographic and skills gaps, protection of migrants in irregular status, anti-trafficking measures, the role of diaspora, and how to address climate- and disaster-induced movement that falls outside refugee law.

Key players

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International Conference on Globalization, Human Rights, and Refugee Policy (ICGHRRP-2026)

Sep 23–24, 2026Abuja, NigeriaIn-person

Registration open

Committees & topics

Topics
Public Policy in a Globalized Era · Globalization and Its Governance · The Global Human Rights Regime · International Refugee Policy · Transitional Justice After Conflict and Repression · Global Climate Policy · Social Justice in a Time of Inequality · International Migration Policy

Why it matters

How to prepare

Country perspectives

Where the most-relevant 3 countries stand on the core issues in play. Click through for the full country profile.

Nigeria

As a host nation for the conference and a country facing significant internal displacement and refugee influxes, NGA has a vested interest in robust refugee policies and human rights protections.

Role in topic

Germany

DEU has historically been a significant recipient of refugees and has played a leading role in shaping European and international refugee policy, often advocating for humanitarian approaches.

Role in topic

United States

The USA has a complex and evolving stance on globalization, human rights, and refugee policy, often balancing national security concerns with humanitarian ideals.

Role in topic