The Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) has extended the registration deadline for the 5th International Human Rights Forum of the Human Rights Chair of the Association of Universities of the Montevideo Group (AUGM). Interested participants now have until October 31, 2025, to submit papers and register for the event.

The Forum will take place on December 2, 3, and 4, 2025, at the Carreiros Campus, bringing together researchers, professors, and students from various Latin American countries.

Under the theme “Human Rights and Climate Emergencies”, the event will address contemporary challenges posed by the global environmental crisis and its implications for the fundamental rights of populations, especially the most vulnerable. The program includes lectures, round tables, thematic working groups, cultural activities, and a photography exhibition.

Abstract submissions must be between 300 and 500 words, written in Portuguese or Spanish, and can be sent until October 31. General registration also remains open.

In this edition, the Working Groups (WGs) are organized into five thematic axes:

• WG1: Environmental Education and Climate Emergencies

• WG2: Environmental Justice, Social Inequalities, and Environmental Racism

• WG3: Human Rights, Climate Emergencies, and Gender

• WG4: University Outreach in Times of Climate Emergencies

• WG5: Human Rights, Emergencies of the Rights of Nature, and Public Policies

Registrations can be made at the following link.
More information is available on the event page on the REINTER website, and questions can be sent to vforumdh@furg.br.