The Ghent Africa Platform (GAP) is pleased to announce its 19th annual symposium (GAPSYM19), themed "Voices, Rights, Justice in Africa".

This 19th multidisciplinary conference of the Africa Platform will be co-organized by Ghent University’s Human Rights Research Network and Conflict Research Group. “Voices, Rights & Justice” in Africa remain highly relevant today due to ongoing challenges related to human rights, environmental rights, rights to health and education, access to legal systems, etc. across the continent. Studying these issues academically will inform policy-making, activism, and international engagement to promote accountability, equity, and sustainable development in African societies.

GAPSYM19 encourages cross-disciplinary and innovative approaches to the following sub-themes:

• Human rights;
• Right to health;
• Land rights;
• Environmental justice;
• Indigenous rights;
• Linguistic rights;
• Migration, climate risk and socio-economic rights;
• Inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches to the study of Voices, Rights and Justice in Africa.

Submission deadline: 1 June 2026