l'Association Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel || The International Association of Constitutional Law
Date
Dec 8(Mon) –9 (Tue), 2025 One and a half days
Opening: Dec 8, 13:00 / Closing: Dec 9, 17:40
Venue
Meiji University Global Hall, Global Front Building Tokyo, Japan (Google Maps)
Address: 2-1-23 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku
Topics
Indigenous People/ Gender /
AI& Vulnerable Groups
The International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL-AIDC) is pleased to announce its Junior Scholars Forum and the “Foro Iberoamericano de Jóvenes Constitucionalistas”, to be held online and hosted by the UNAM Institute for Legal Research and the Iberoamerican Institute of Constitutional Law on March 4, 6, 11, 13 and 18, 2026.
Date: 15-16 November, 2025.
Organizers:
Gregory Koger, Director of the Hanley Democracy Center
Regina Paulose, attorney based in the US
Elisenda Calvet-Martínez, Associate Professor of International Law, University of Barcelona
Location: Hanley Democracy Center, University of Miami, Coral Gabels, Florida, US.
Conference subject
This conference delves into the constitutional entrenchment of peace as both a fundamental value and a guiding policy principle. While some constitutions explicitly renounce war or incorporate "peace clauses" articulating a state's commitment to peaceful conflict resolution and international cooperation, others lack such explicit provisions. In these latter cases, one should examine whether constitutional frameworks nonetheless impose restrictions on the use of force in foreign and defense policy, or establish affirmative obligations to foster peaceful relations. Furthermore, how do constitutions address internal peace, specifically concerning—but also extending beyond—principles of human dignity, equality, and the rule of law?
Sustainable constitutionalism has a double meaning. On the one hand, it refers to constitutionalism's potential to foster sustainable societies and democracies, particularly in addressing environmental challenges. On the other hand, it portrays the capacity of constitutionalism to maintain its core values related to human rights, the rule of law, and democracy, in the face of unprecedented social, economic, technological, political, philosophical and climate changes, as well as in contexts of armed conflict and their aftermath. Constitutional sustainability is a play on words that illustrates all these dynamics as it highlights a crisis of constitutionalism but, at the same time, highlights how it can be maintained, and how to make it resilient and able to coexist in "new ecosystems”.