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Nuit du Droit at UCD: Democracy, the Rule of Law and Artificial Intelligence

On 13 October 2026, UCD Sutherland School of Law will host a Nuit du Droit on “Democracy, the Rule of Law and Artificial Intelligence: Rethinking Power in the Digital Age.”

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS TO HOST THE IACL-AIDC WORLD CONGRESS 2030

The World Congress of the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL-AIDC) is the Association’s flagship gathering. It brings together leading constitutional scholars and legal experts from across the globe to exchange ideas, build international partnerships, and address the defining constitutional challenges of our era.

Following the outstanding success of the 2026 World Congress in Bogota, Colombia, the IACL is now inviting universities and academic institutions, including national associations of Constitutional Law worldwide, to submit proposals to host the 2030 World Congress.

The Institute for Comparative Federalism of Eurac Research, the Faculty of Law and the Department of Political Science of the University of Innsbruck announce the 18th edition of their joint program, the “Winter School on Federalism and Governance 2027”.

The Centre for Constitutions in Context at Warwick Law School’s Annual Lecture 2026 will be delivered by Professor Pippa Norris on 23 September 2026, on the Cultural Roots of Democratic Backsliding.

The International Association of Constitutional Law (l'Association Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel) is pleased to have concluded its successful World Congress between 6 and 10 July 2026.

The Organising Committee of the World Congress of Constitutional Law 2026 is pleased to offer a free Basic Spanish Course for international participants attending the Congress in Bogotá.

For further information, please visit: WCCL2026.com

The University of Lille will host the international conference “The Legitimacy of Legal Decisions Adopted under Radical Uncertainties” on 21–22 May 2026.

The International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) is pleased to announce its forthcoming Roundtable on “Constitutionalism in the Age of Global Ecological Challenges”, to be held in Istanbul on 5–6 June 2026.

Professor Wojciech Sadurski, member of the IACL-AIDC Executive Committee, has been nominated by the Polish Government as a full member of the Venice Commission from Poland, effective 11 March 2026, for 4 years.

The IACL-AIDC invites nominations of books in English and French for the inaugural IACL-AIDC Book Prize in Constitutional Studies, which will be awarded at the IACL-AIDC World Congress in Bogotá in July 2026. The deadline for nominations is 30 April 2026.

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The Global South Network (GSN)  invites you to the third judicial dialogue titled “Backsliding of the Rule of Law” to be held online on Monday, 16 March 2026, at 16:00 EET (14:00 BST), as part of the Global South Network (GSN) Judges Guest Lecture Series.

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The 3rd IACL–AIDC Junior Scholars Forum and Foro Iberoamericano de Jóvenes Constitucionalistas is an academic event dedicated to dialogue and reflection on contemporary issues in constitutional law.

Dates: March 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, and 20, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Mexico City Time)
Format: Virtual (Zoom)
Live Streaming: YouTube – Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas (IIJ-UNAM)

Event type: Hybrid

Date & time: 05 Mar 2026, 13:00 – 14:30

Speaker: Dr Hayley Hooper (University of Oxford)

Respondents: Prof Tom Hickman (UCL Laws), Dr Ewan Smith (UCL Laws)

Chair: Dr Dora Devlin (UCL Laws)

The Centre for Constitutions in Context (CCC) at Warwick Law School (WLS) will be hosting a timely roundtable discussion on AI and Constitutional Law.

Date: 4 March 2026
Time: 5pm-6:30pm GMT
Format: Online, via an MS Teams town hall

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Constitutional Court of Liechtenstein, an international conference entitled “The Constitutional Courts of European Microstates” will take place in Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein, on 23 and 24 April 2026.

Participation will be possible both in person and via live stream, allowing an international audience to follow the discussions.

Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism (GCDC) Public Law Seminar Series (PLSS): Illiberal Christian democracy as a constitutional program.

Hybrid seminar – Thursday, 12 Feb 2026, 13:00 – 14:30 (UK time).

The Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism at UCL will hold the next session in the Public Law Seminar Series on Thursday 11 December 2025. Prof Adam Tomkins will present his book ‘On the Law of Speaking Freely’.

Date & Time: 11 December 2025, 13:00–14:30 (UK time)

Location: Hybrid (in-person and online participation)

The RefLex Centre for Advanced Studies based at Humboldt University’s Faculty of Law  invites applications for fellowships for the duration of either three or six months, with  possible starting dates 1 October 2026, 1 January 2027, 1 April 2027 and 1 July 2027. 

To apply, please send all documents as one PDF file to reflex.info@hu-berlin.de by 31 January 2026