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Human Rights in societies not only democratic

Human rights have guided Europe's political and legal systems for decades. Yet, despite robust frameworks, rights are frequently violated, challenging even the most developed democracies.

09.10.2025 - 10.10.2025
University of Siedlce
University of Siedlce, Institute of Political Science and Administration Faculty of Social Sciences

Scientific fields:

political and administrative sciences

Conference languages:

Polish English

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Grant information


The conference is implemented within the framework of the teaching and research grant entitled ‘Human Rights in a Democratic Society’ (contract no. 101127230 - MSZ - ERASMUS-JMO-2023-HEI-TCH-RSCH) from the Jean Monnet Programme of the European Commission.

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Honor patronage

The conference was held under the patronage of

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Commissioner for Human Rights, Dr. Marcin Wiącek

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Marshal of the Masovian Voivodeship, dr Adam Struzik

President of the City of Siedlce logo

President of the City of Siedlce Tomasz Hapunowicz

About the Conference

Still, violations of human rights persist

From the Council of Europe’s 1950 Convention to today’s EU commitments, human rights systems have evolved. Still, violations persist worldwide, affecting all societies and economies.

Enhance the realization of rights

we aim to identify solutions that enhance the realization of rights

We want to discuss threats

threats to the functioning of human rights systems

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About the conference

Human rights have guided Europe's political and legal systems for decades. Yet, despite robust frameworks, rights are frequently violated, challenging even the most developed democracies.

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Participation Options

Option Price PLN Benefits
Online - Free 0.00 PLN
  • Participation in the conference
On site (stationary) 200.00 PLN
  • Participation in the conference
  • coffee breaks
  • conference materials
  • publication of a scientific monograph containing papers submitted by conference participants
  • lunch

Payment Information

Conference fees in PLN should be paid to the bank account: University of Siedlce, account number: 19 1240 2685 1111 0000 3656 3195 Conference fees in EUR should be paid to the account: University of Siedlce, IBAN: PL84 1240 2685 1978 0010 1464 3201, BIC Code: PKOPPLPW, Bank name: Bank Pekao S.A. The payment must include a note with the name of the conference, e.g.: conference fee Human Rights.

Selected Panels

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Instruments supporting the implementation of human rights from the so-called second generation

So-called second-generation human rights are intended to help people achieve a state of dignified living, both in their private and professional lives, as well as full participation in public life. …

Arkadiusz Indraszczyk to 12 September 2025
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Open Panel

We invite you to participate in the Open Panel of the conference. Paper submissions should be made via the submission form - available after logging in and creating your own …

Arkadiusz Indraszczyk to 12 September 2025
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Human Rights and Political Philosophy

[This panel will be conducted in English only. Those who register for active participation are requested to deliver speeches and presentations in English only] This panel will explore the relationship …

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Publication information

Author Guidelines

1. Guidelines for authors

Only original scientific papers in English

The editorial board of monography follows the policy of preventing the cases of ghostwriting and guest authorship.

2. Technical requirements for the papers and manuscript preparation
  • The article should be 12-22 page long in the A4 format (including tables, figures, references and abstract).
  • The texts should be written with 12-point Times New Roman (TNR) with 1.5 line spacing. It is acceptable to single out parts of the text with italics. Do not use underlining.
  • Paper title - 12-point font size, bold, centred.
  • Subheadings - bold, left-aligned
  • The whole text (apart from the paper title and subheadings) - justified, indented paragraphs; do not use any forms of text division such as section or line breaks.
  • Diagrams, photos, graphs (referred to always as figures) and tables should be numbered. Figures and tables should be placed close to the part of text that refers to them.
  • Captions for tables - 12-point TNR; 1.0 line spacing in tables. All headings - centred. Text and figures in tables - 10-point TNR. Only horizontal lines.
  • Captions for figures - 12-point TNR placed directly under the figure and labelled Figure X. Description of the figure (Arial font). 8 to 10-point font size. Figures cannot be wider than 12.5 cm.
  • The tables should be paced without internal shading, and the pictures should be placed in grey scale (without colours).
  • Bibliography should be written only in the Latin alphabet.
3. Paper layout

Title page – first page of article

  • Author's/Authors’ name/s and surname/s.
  • ORCID number
  • Name of the scientific institution (affiliation).
  • E-mail address
  • Title of the paper – centered
  • Keywords (maximally 7)


  • Abstract in English (maximally 300 words). The abstracts should refer to each part of the paper, i.e. introduction and the purpose of research, research materials and test methods used in the paper, and the most important findings and conclusions. It is necessary to use all keywords in the abstracts (it will make it easier for the interested to find the paper).
  • Keywords in English and in Polish (maximally 6).
  • The text should consist of the following parts: Introduction, Methodology and theoretical basis, Results and discussion, Conclusions, References.
4. In-text citations

Please, follow the instruction below when quoting other authors’ publications:

  • Verbatim quotations: (Kowalski, 2012, p. 27)
  • Indirect quotations (paraphrases or summaries): (Kowalski, 2012)
  • Should you refer to a number of works by different authors, please organise them in the chronological order: (Kowalski, 2011; Nowak, 2014; Skalski, 2017)
5. References

The reference list should be in an alphabetical order, under the APA style standard (http://www.apastyle.org). Each source cited (no less than 15 sources in total) should be presented as illustrated below. If the titles are in a language other than English, please put the title in English in square brackets.

  • Book (1-3 authors):
    Griffin, R.W. (2017). Podstawy zarządzania organizacjami. [Fundamentals of organization management]. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.
  • Edited books:
    Kardas, J.S., Wójcik-Augustyniak, M. (Eds.). (2017). Zarządzanie w przedsiębiorstwie. Środowisko, procesy, systemy, zasoby. [Enterprise management. Environment, processes, systems, resources]. Warszawa: Difin.
  • Edited book found in a database:
    Ćwik, N. (Ed.). (2012). Odpowiedzialny Biznes. [Responsible Business]. Retrieved from http://odpowiedzialnybiznes.pl/Rola-marketingu-13.pdf.
  • Chapter in a book:
    Szajczyk, M. (2017). Zarządzanie projektami. [Project management], in: J.S. Kardas, M. Wójcik-Augustyniak (Eds.), Zarządzanie w przedsiębiorstwie. Środowisko, procesy, systemy, zasoby (pp. 358-364). [Enterprise management. Environment, processes, systems, resources]. Warszawa: Difin.
  • Journal article:
    Podstawka, M., Świrska, A. (2015). Optymalizacja wpływów do budżetów gmin z tytułu subwencji wyrównawczej. [Optimization of revenues to communes' budgets due to the compensatory subsidy]. Zeszyty Naukowe UPH w Siedlcach nr 106. Seria: Administracja i Zarządzanie (33) 2015, 173-184.
  • Article with DOI assigned:
    Podstawka, M., Świrska, A. (2015). Optymalizacja wpływów do budżetów gmin z tytułu subwencji wyrównawczej. [Optimization of revenues to communes' budgets due to the compensatory subsidy]. Zeszyty Naukowe UPH w Siedlcach nr 106. Seria: Administracja i Zarządzanie (33) 2015, 173-184. DOI: xxxx.
  • Online source that is not a journal article, book or chapter:
    Kowal, N. (2012). Wspólna odpowiedzialność. [Shared Responsibility]. Retrieved from http://odpowiedzialnybiznes.pl/Wspólna-odpowiedzialność.pdf.
  • Legal act:
    Act of 6 September 2001 on road transport. Journal of Laws 2001 No 125, item 874, as amended. [Act of September 6, 2001. Road Transport]

Location

Address

University of Siedlce Institute of Political Science and Administration Faculty of Social Sciences Żytnia 39 Street, Siedlce Mazovia, Poland

Contact

ws@uws.edu.pl