Call for Blogs for International Humanitarian Law and Conflicts Studies by RGNUL ; Submit by 10 January

About the Blog

The RGNUL International Humanitarian Law and Conflict Studies Blog (RIHLCS) has been established in 2020 and is under the aegis of the RGNUL Centre for Advanced Study in International Humanitarian Law (CASH).

Theme

The theme for this series is “Gender and Armed Conflict”.

Sub Theme

• Sexual and gender-based violence against refugees
• Slavery and human trafficking during an armed conflict
• Impact of armed conflict on women
• Masculinity in armed conflicts/warfare
• Protection of LGBTQ community during armed conflict

The sub-themes are only illustrative and submissions are not restricted to the aforementioned sub-themes, provided they fall within the ambit of the main theme.

Submission Guidelines

• The subject and theme of the blog should pertain to the theme or sub-themes provided. RIHLCS expect the submissions to be of interpretive, exploratory, and non-descriptive style.
• All submissions must be in Times New Roman, Font size 12, Spacing 1.5, Justified.
• The word limit should range between 800-1500 words.
• A maximum of two-level headings is allowed.
• References should be incorporated in the body of the article itself through hyperlinks. No endnotes or footnotes shall be used.
• Co-authorship of a maximum of 2 is permitted.
• RIHLCS follows a strict no-plagiarism policy. Articles with more than 10 per cent plagiarized content shall be summarily rejected.  The author(s) bear sole responsibility for the accuracy of facts, opinions, or views stated in the submitted Manuscript.
• The manuscripts must be e-mailed at [email protected]. All entries should be submitted in .doc or .docx format and the file must be titled “CASH Write Up”. The subject of the e-mail should be titled “Submission for CASH Blog- NAME OF THE AUTHOR”.
• The manuscript should be accompanied by a cover letter specifying the author’s name, year of study, institute, and contact information [Authors are requested to not put their names anywhere in the main manuscript]. This document must be titled “Cover Letter”.
• Guest authors should include, in addition to the above information, a short bio in the cover letter and attach a photograph with the mail.
• The body of the mail should contain a short brief about the blog (maximum of 100 words).
• Submissions for the blog shall be considered within 10 January, 2020. The Editorial Board may take up to 15 days for the review of submissions.
• The Editorial Board reserves the right to summarily reject any topic that has already been covered on their blog. The Editorial Board also has full discretion to reject articles at any stage.
• Cross-publications are not allowed.
• Copyright of all published blog posts shall remain with the Centre. All Moral Rights shall vest with the author(s).
• While submitting the blog, the author shall mention a declaration in the mail as follows: “If selected for publication, the author gives the copyright of the work to the Centre. The author also declares that this is the original and unpublished work of the author(s)”.
• In relation to any dispute, the decision of the Editorial Board shall be final and binding.

Submission Deadline

The deadline for submissions is 10 January 2021, 11:59 PM IST.

Contact

In case of any query mail to [email protected]