Camps, Belonging, and Abolition Democracy

The 3rd Graz/Puerto Rico International Conference on Human Rights from an Inter-American Perspective

4 June - 7 June 2026

University of Graz, Austria

over 120 speakers

over 40 different countries represented

3 keynote lectures given

2 special and 25 regular panels held

3 art exhibitions shown

18 student posters presented

Thursday, June 4

Local Panel: Prisons, Detention, and Abolition in Austria
Conference Opening with Keynote Lecture by Rinaldo Walcott

Special Panel: Archives for the Future
Keynote Lecture by Diana Murtaugh Coleman
Parallel Panels #1 to #6
Special Activity: Guided Tour Art Exhibition and Creative Session

Saturday, June 6

Keynote Lecture: by Elithet Silva-Martínez
Parallel Panels #7 to #14
Creative Writing Workshop & Book Presentation
Special Event: Guantánamo Extended: Art, Scholarship, and Memory

Special Panel: Abolition Democracy and Freedom
Parallel Panels #15 to #25
Closing Ceremony: What’s Next?

Thursday, June 4

Local Panel: Prisons, Detention, and Abolition in Austria

Opening Ceremony

Friday, June 5

Special Panel: Archives for the Future

Keynote Lecture: "Rooting [Out] Our Entangled Present" by Diana Murtaugh Coleman

Parallel Panels #1 to #6

The photos of the individual panels can be found here.

Special Activity: Guided Tour Art Exhibition and Creative Session

Saturday, June 6

Keynote Lecture: "Mujeres migrantes y destierro" by Elithet Silva-Martínez

Parallel Panels #7 to #14

The photos of the individual panels can be found here.

Creative Writing Workshop & Book Presentation

Special Event: Guantánamo Extended: Art, Scholarship, and Memory

Sunday, June 7

Special Panel: Abolition Democracy and Freedom

Parallel Panels #15 to #25

The photos of the individual panels can be found here.

Closing Ceremony: What's Next?