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Open Calls – September 2025

Please note that the dates might be subject to change before the application deadline. The website will be updated immediately in case of changes.

Deadline: 5th of October, 23:59 CEST

Using AI will negatively impact the overall score for your application. If you have any questions about this matter, please refer to the AI Usage Guidelines.

CHOOSE YOUR ELSA DELEGATION FROM BELOW AND APPLY HERE

WIPO

IPC Union - IPC Revision Working Group, 54th Session (IPC/WG/54) 27-31st October 2025, Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid)
Date: 27-31st October 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the WIPO guidelines.

This session requires basic knowledge of the law of patents and a medium amount of academic preparation on the session documents (4-8 hours).

Standing Committee on the Law of Patents, 37th Session (SCT/37) 3-7th November 2025, Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid)
Date: 3-7th November 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the WIPO guidelines.

This session requires intermediate knowledge of the law of patents and a medium amount of academic preparation on the session documents (4-8 hours)

Committee on Development and Intellectual Property, 35th Session (CDIP/35) 17-21st November 2025, Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid)
Date: 17-21st November 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the WIPO guidelines.

This session requires basic knowledge of intellectual and industrial property and a low amount of academic preparation on the session documents (2-4 hours).

Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, 47th Session (SCCR/47) 1-5th December 2025, Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid)
Date: 1-5th December 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the WIPO guidelines.

This session requires basic knowledge of copyright and related rights and a low amount of academic preparation on the session documents (2-4 hours).

UNODC

Reconvened 68th CND / 34th CCPCJ - joint sessions (CND/68-CCPCJ/34) 4-5th December 2025, Vienna, Austria (onsite)
Date: 4-5th December 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the UNODC guidelines.

OHCHR

2025 Social Forum, Geneva, Switzerland (onsite)
Date: 30th-31st October 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here and here.

OHCHR Guidelines can be found here.

83rd Session of the Committee Against Torture (CAT/83), Geneva, Switzerland (onsite)
Date: 17th-28th November 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here and here.

OHCHR Guidelines can be found here.

UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, 14th Session, Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid)
Date: 24th-26th November 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here and here.

OHCHR Guidelines can be found here.

116th Session of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CERD/116), Geneva, Switzerland (onsite)
Dates: 17-21st November 2025 (first week) or 24-28th November 2025 (second week)

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here and here.

OHCHR Guidelines can be found here.

ICC

Assembly of States Parties, 24th Session (ASP/24), 1st - 6th December 2025, The Hague, Netherlands
Date: 1st- 6th December 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the ICC guidelines.

COE

World Forum for Democracy 2025 (WFD), Strasbourg, France
Date: 5-7th November 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the CoE guidelines.

Due to the importance of this Session and ELSA’s partnership with the Council of Europe, ELSA will cover the accommodation and at least one meal for the duration of this session only.