The UniFafire University Center and Lusófona University invite researchers, students, and legal professionals to participate in the International Congress on Fundamental Labor Rights—an academic forum that will bring together experts from Brazil, Portugal, and Cape Verde to reflect on the contemporary challenges of the world of work.
Date and Format
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May 13–14, 2026
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Location: Recife – headquarters of the UniFafire University Center
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Hybrid format: in-person participation and online streaming with the Lusophone scientific community
Central Theme
“Are we in an era of extinction of fundamental labor rights? Lusophone perspectives on the issue.”
The congress aims to discuss the progress, setbacks, and reconfigurations of fundamental labor rights, considering the social, economic, and technological transformations that impact labor relations in Portuguese-speaking countries.
Academic Production
Researchers may submit extended abstracts and scientific articles. Accepted papers will be included in an international collective publication, scheduled for release in the second half of 2026.
Expressions of interest in participating may be made through the same link indicated above.
Consult the official call for details
Thematic Areas
- Welfare State and the Effectiveness of Fundamental Rights
- International Protection Systems and the Corpus Juris of Social Rights
- Constitutionalism and the Future of Social Rights
- Digital Economy, Platforms, and Fundamental Labor Rights
- Collective Action and Actors in the Emergence of New Social Rights
- Illness and the Workplace Environment as a Fundamental Right to Health
- Work, Race, Age, Gender, and Discrimination in the Debate on Fundamental Rights
- Reconfigurations of Working Time in Contemporary Capitalism and New Forms of Working Hours
- History, Capitalism, and the Future of a Society Without Social Protection
- Judicialization and Procedural Protection of Fundamental Social Rights
Why Participate?
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Academic integration among universities in the Lusophone world
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Up-to-date discussions on the future of fundamental labor rights
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Opportunity for scientific publication in an international collective work
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Exchange between researchers, professors, and professionals in the field
