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"The contemporary 'polycrisis'—characterized by the convergence of climate instability, geopolitical conflict, economic precarity, and the erosion of democratic institutions—presents a fundamental challenge to the global human rights framework. This panel seeks to move beyond viewing these crises in silos, instead exploring how they reinforce one another to destabilize marginalized populations and undermine established rights-based protections. We invite papers that critically examine the nexus between systemic structural crises and the enforcement of human rights at local, national, and international levels. Specific areas of interest include: the impact of the climate-conflict nexus on displacement and refugee rights; the role of authoritarian populism in navigating—or exacerbating—economic insecurity; the potential of indigenous and decolonial knowledge systems to offer alternative frameworks for resilience; and the efficacy of current international legal mechanisms in addressing 'wicked' problems that transcend national borders. By fostering an interdisciplinary dialogue, this panel aims to chart a path for protecting human rights within a turbulent global landscape, ensuring that scholarship on the polycrisis remains impactful and rooted in the defense of fundamental human dignity."