About the Journal:
The CASIHR Journal on Human Rights Practice (JHRP), is a new endeavour of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Human Rights (CASIHR) in furtherance of its aim of understanding the expanding horizons of Human Rights Law and Practice. The journal is proposed to be a bi-annual peer reviewed journal aimed at contributing to the literature on Human Rights and providing a platform for academicians, professionals and students to contribute to its growth in addition to promote research and deliberation in the field of Human Rights. It aims at encouraging academicians, professionals as well students to contribute articles, essays, book reviews and case comments related to the field of Human Rights.
THEME:
Authors are free to write on any subject of their choice provided it remains within the ambit of Human Rights and adds to contemporary discourse regarding the same.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 20th September 2020, by 11:59 PM.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Submissions can be made under the following heads:
1. Long Articles – Word limit of 6000 words.
2. Short Articles – Word Limit of 4000 to 4500 words.
3. Case Comments – Word Limit of 1500 to 2000 words.
4. Book Reviews – Word limit of 1000 to 1500 words.
The word limit is exclusive of footnotes.
FORMAT OF SUBMISSION:
All the contributors must adhere to the following guidelines:
1. All Submissions must be accompanied by an abstract not exceeding 300 words.
2. The body of the document must be in Times New Roman with a font size of 12 and Line Spacing of 1.5.
3. All the footnotes should be in Times New Roman, Font Size 10 and with single line spacing.
4. The citations must conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (20th Edition.)
5. Co-authorship is permissible up to a maximum of two authors.
6. All submissions are required to be mailed in .doc/.docx format only.
Submissions which do not adhere to the guidelines provided shall not be considered for review.
Submissions which meet all the requirements would go through a peer review process conducted
by academicians, professionals and other experts in the field of Human Rights and only the recommended works would be published.
All the submissions must be mailed only to [email protected] with a cover letter specifying the
following:
1. Name of Author(s)
2. Designation
3. Name and Address of Institution
4. Contact Details– Address and Mobile No.
EDITORIAL POLICY:
1. The submission must be an original unpublished work. Submissions should not be simultaneously considered by any other publication.
2. Upon submission, the manuscript shall be the property of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab.
3. The author shall be presumed to have obtained necessary permissions from cited authors in case a cited work is unpublished.
4. The decision of the Editorial Board regarding the acceptance/rejection of a submission shall be final. The Board shall not be bound to disclose the reasons for such rejection.
5. The Editorial Board shall endeavor to inform authors of the status of their submission as it goes through each stage o f review. Submissions are liable to be rejected at any stage of review.
6. After review, manuscripts may be returned to authors suggesting changes to content, style or structure. Publication of the submission may be made contingent upon incorporating such suggestions.
7. The Editorial Board shall not be responsible for any material that is libelous or scandalous.
8. The Editorial Board may review the accuracy of citations. However the final responsibility for accuracy of facts, quotations and citations in the submission rests with the author. The author may be asked to present copies of the materials cited in the paper.
Contact Details:
Editorial Board & Faculty Coordinators
Dr. Jaswinder Kaur (Assistant Professor)
Contact No: 9855077842
Dr. Sukhwinder kaur (Assistant Professor)
Contact No: 9417922918
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law Punjab
Patiala
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