Article Submissions:

HRJ publishes a range of original scholarly works covering a wide spectrum of international and domestic human rights issues of contemporary relevance. Part of our mission is to support the work of junior scholars, and we encourage submissions of well-written and original works from legal and academic scholars as well as practitioners.

We request that contributors comply with the following standards:
Language: Although HRJ recognizes that human rights is an international field, HRJ only publishes pieces in English.
Electronic Submission: We encourage authors to submit their manuscripts electronically and preferably in Microsoft Word format. Submissions should be e-mailed as an attachment to hlshrj@gmail.com with the word Submissions and the author’s name in the subject heading.
Hard copy submissions: Submissions by mail should be typed and double-spaced.
Citation Format: Please use footnotes rather than endnotes. Footnotes should comply with The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005).
Length Limitations: We give preference to articles between 10,000 and 25,000 words in length. We will not publish articles exceeding 35,000 words except in extraordinary circumstances.
For consideration on shorter pieces (2,000 to 6,000 words) please consider submission for publication in our new Online Journal. To submit to the online journal, follow the electronic or hard copy submissions guidelines above, and include the words Online Submission in the subject heading.

Review Process:
We accept pieces for submission at any time, but we begin reviewing pieces for publication in late May. Pieces that meet our guidelines will be read and evaluated. We make every effort to give each piece a thorough and timely review. After review, an Executive Articles Editor will respond with a decision on the piece. This process may take four to eight weeks.

Student Submissions:

The Journal includes student writing in all of its publications and provides an excellent opportunity to be published. Students are encouraged to submit written pieces in the form of a student note, a recent development commentary, or a book note.

At the moment, we are only accepting book notes.

Books available for review are currently located on the bookshelf outside of the Journal office in Pound 418. If you are interested in writing a book note, please take a book but be sure to return it once you are finished. To submit a book note, contact hlshrj@gmail.com

You can also send in your articles using our secure upload system: